They need hay though. I’ll open the thing for you. Thank you. You’re welcome. James and Myla Smith have traveled to Harrisburg from their farm in Connecticut. Beep, beep. With ten alpacas in tow. All right. We married, and he introduced me to his alpacas. Our farm is Roaring Acres Alpacas, and our first show was three weeks ago. She’s up now. No, I got to check to see what class, they’re in, but, Okay. With that many alpacas registered and ready to compete, two are being called to the ring at the same time. James will take one, but he needs a second handler. Since I am still so very new, I’m not really sure how the stance is, how you stand with the alpacas, what they’re going to be checking for. So Myla seeks help from one of the show’s organizers. Bill said he is willing to take on it for you. For you. You got two in 113, which is lining up in ring one right now. It seems Myla’s alpaca handling crisis has been averted. Best of luck, you guys. Presiding over the juvenile female halter ring. It’s one of the alpaca world’s most renowned judges. Doing good and yourself? Good, thank you. We’re looking at the overall confirmation of the alpaca, how they’re physically put together. We are now going to look at her fleece. We’re going to take some fiber to look at on a sleeve. We’re looking for the brilliance and the brightness. How healthy is that fleece? Myla waits intently for the judge’s decision. Congratulations. Thank you very much. And we made third place. It makes me fall more in love with him like he’s so awesome. Roaring Acres? Yeah. But there’s no time to celebrate. We need to get this animal up here. Rosalia’s up right now. James and Myla’s alpacas are once again being called this time into two different ways. James has no other choice. Would you like to try and show her? Only three weeks into their very first season. James just popped the question Myla hoped she’d never hear. The only thing I can do is give her a hug. No, I’ll probably have a stroke and pass out in there. You sure? I’m sure. She wants you to show her. Myla realizes that she either enters the ring or they forfeit. Now I have anxiety. I’m really nervous, but she has a big obstacle to overcome. It usually takes weeks of practice to learn how to keep an alpaca calm in the ring. Is it going to buck? Is it going to kick? Is it going to spin? Is it going to be well behaved when it’s being touched and keeping herself calm is an even bigger challenge. Hey. Hey. You’re okay. It’s okay. The judge signals it’s Myla’s turn to enter the ring. Okay, so what do I do? I just walk in? It’s day one of the alpaca jubilee in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. As Myla Smith enters the ring for the very first time. Come here, bud. I got thrown in the ring unexpectedly, and I was sweating bullets. Did I feel like I was going to faint? Yeah. Did I feel like I was going to puke? Yeah. I felt that way. All right. When the judge overheard that it was my first time. He was sweet enough to tell me where to walk and how to stand. Okay, good. We got it. Let’s see, Yes. Okay. Thank you. For Myla, standing center ring with a full grown alpaca, is a baptism by fur. I basically went in not knowing anything. While Myla doesn’t win a ribbon in her show debut. I am nervous right now. I’m surprised I don’t have sweat rings hanging. She emerges from the ring unscathed. Good job, bud! James, who just finished in his ring, rushes over to see how Myla did. Congratulations. A nice thrill for you. Yeah, good. It was super scary. But I will say it was rewarding afterwards. Feels good, doesn’t it? It does a little bit. She’s doing good so far, so I hope to see her do a lot more in the future. So now we just got to figure out who else is next. So I guess now I’m starting to show alpacas instead of being behind the scenes. Yeah.
