July 28, 2018: Our sweet Tiramisu died on our farm - she was almost 15 years old.
Tiramisu aka Misu was purchased as a maiden as part of our foundation herd from Alpacas Of America to bring rare genetics to Michigan - original purchase price $19k. Her first cria was our True Black herd sire, Fortune's Shadow. View his certificate populated with color pics of ancestors - this is a color genetics line. Misu's second cria, a light fawn beautiful female named Loretta, sired by Snow Blind, a white 3/4 Accoyo son of legendary import stud PPeruvian Royal Fawn. We were so pleased with Loretta that we rebred Tiramisu to Snow Blind, and she produced a male with his dam's fineness, rich brown color, black points and white stockings. He was so vigorous and striking racing around with those white stockings like a little race horse, we named him Colt.
Misu was bred to True Black studs three times, producing True Black cria each time - one male and two females. Black Velvet and Little Black Dress are two examples of what Misu produced when bred to black. Black Velvet's first cria was another true black, a show-quality female named Summer whose fleece won Dark Color Champion under AOA Judge Wade Gease in 2016.
Tiramisu produced large, vigorous cria and was a good mother with plenty of milk. She was also a gentle female, a bit on the shy side having come from a very large farm. Her offspring have proven to be easy to handle with gentle dispositions.