Greetings from 1st Choice Alpacas!

Our alpaca adventure began in an airplane. Brian noticed an article in a magazine while on a business trip. The gentle nature of alpacas attracted him, as well as the investment potential. Frieda had boarded horses as a child and knew the work required to raise livestock-not to mention the pain from being kicked! The positive aspects of alpacas won her over, as well as her first alpaca kick-much gentler than a horse!

The next two years were spent reading articles, scanning web sites, visiting farms, attending the Alpaca Association of Western Washington's Alpacapalooza Show, and becoming an associate member of AOBA.

In January of 2002 we purchased three alpacas while on Vashon Island, WA. After 4 years of loving the alpaca lifestyle we realized we had many choices to consider. Out of all the options we realized our "1st Choice" was more alpacas and more of the lifestyle! So we moved to the country in Southwest Washington State (Battle Ground, WA) and started our 2nd alpacas farm, renamed "1st Choice Alpacas"!

Brian and Frieda Schieber

1st Choice Alpacas
P.O. Box 2163
Battle Ground, WA 98604
(360) 666-3336
www.1stChoiceAlpacas.com
info@1stChoiceAlpacas.com

We're proud members of these organizations

Alpaca Owners and Breeders Association (AOBA)

Alpaca Association of Western Washington (AAWW, affiliate of AOBA, Seattle, WA)

We'll have animals, information and alpaca products at Alpacapalooza!

The Alpaca Registry (ARI)

The Alpaca Research Foundation (ARF) supports scientific research which benefits the North American alpaca industry, primarily in the areas of alpaca health and husbandry, genetics and fiber.