Dutch Flats Llama Company
Brad and Sylvia DeWaard
S. 14304 Salnave Rd.
Cheney, WA 99004
Contact
Tel: 1-509-299-9001
E-Mail: brasyl@wildblue.net
About Us
Our life with llamas began quite innocently in mid-winter 1994-5. We had recently moved onto country acreage and were searching for something different in terms of livestock or pets. We had no idea what I might be; bison, emus, ostriches…egads, the options back then. Then, reading the animal ads one day, we decided to call on some llamas. We packed up our gang took off on our first llama farm visit to St. Maries, Idaho. Needless to say, we were enamored and simply taken upon seeing and being near these creatures; so wonderfully elegant, intelligent, curious and quiet.
That was our initiation. It was a strange winter indeed. By the next Christmas, there were 12 llamas on the farm. We were falling deeply in love with the magic and mystery of life with llamas. A big plus was the number of new folks and friends we made. But, as with many ventures, there’s the learning curve. We learned a lot of lessons; many the hard way, many were costly both financially and emotionally and a surprising number combined all of these features.
Through it all we found a significant common denominator that we both really enjoyed seeing on llamas. That feature was beautiful fiber, single-coated with no guard hair and shiny. This desire for beautiful fiber began early on. We hadn’t seen it often, but this type of fiber always caught our eye. As a result, we have invested in proven fiber bloodlines ranging from full North American to exotic South American imports.
Our interest in fiber is now focused on suri llamas. Yes, we still have our favorite heavy wool llamas and we still love silky fiber. Our suri herd keeps growing and we look forward to the future of suri llamas. This portion of the llama industry is especially enhanced by the recent formation of the Suri Llama Association and Registry.
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