Let AlpacaU take you from wherever you might be in your alpaca adventure, to where you want to be!
AlpacaU summer sessions now scheduled. Never a better time to explore owning alpacas, enhance your knowledge and skills through weekend sessions designed for new and existing alpaca owners. Session schedules and information in our Education section.
AlpacaU Boot Camp
Immerse Yourself in the world of an alpaca breeding farm.
New to Alpacas?
Get started the right way. Midwest Alpaca Ventures is pleased to offer Alpaca Boot Camp, offering a hands-on opportunity to immerse yourself. Ease your fears, lessen your sleepless nights, get started on the path, and enjoy your new adventure. Work side-by-side with us on a well-established, busy alpaca breeding farm in Minnesota.
Hands-On Learning Will Include:
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routine daily cares
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administration of deworming medications
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injections
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nail trimming
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body scoring
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weights
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breeding (and maybe birthing)
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dam and daily cria cares
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fleece handling
Offered every week Monday - Friday from 8:00am - 12:00pm
in July and August
All sessions will be held at:
Foggy Bottom Farms
3499 305th Ave. NW
Isanti, MN 55040
AlpacaU Boot Camp Details
Immerse Yourself
A fun way to see what all the fuss about alpacas is and an opportunity to IMMERSE YOURSELF in the world of an alpaca breeding farm.
An experience for everyone:
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Perhaps you’re exploring the alpaca way of life, or
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maybe you’ve decided alpacas are definitely in your future, and you need some learning time.
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New to alpacas, and now you’re thinking, “Now What”?
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Already have alpacas and need some hands-on training?
No matter the reason, there’s something for everyone. And if you’re just not sure, come visit us, learn who we are, what we do, and then decide. No cost to you for this visit, no risk, no obligation. Just a visit.
A Bit About Boot Camp:
Boot camp attendees become a member of our farm crew. Whatever we do, so do our campers—every morning, rain or shine. At our farm, routine care always gets done in the morning: clean-up, feeding, nail trimmings, medications, special care that might be needed. And in the summer, especially during the months of boot camp, we breed our own females and several females from and for other farms. And for even more fun we birth baby alpacas (crias), and take special care of new moms and their crias. And of course, we have vet visits, and who knows what else. Every day brings new adventures.
Campers will see and do a lot—all with our hands-on guidance and learning.
Contact Sara for more details at sara@midwestalpacaventures.com
We look forward to having you join us!
Camp Details:
Offered weekly the months of July and August, Monday through Friday 8a-12p
We will limit the number of campers to 3 campers each week. Campers must be over the age of 12.
Choose your week and register:
July 2021
July 5-9
July 12-16
July 19-23
July 26-30
August 2021
August 2-6
August 9-13
August 16-20
August 23-27
Camp Fees:
Weekly fee: $150 (for up to 3 campers from a single-family or farm).
Can’t do a whole week? Daily fee $40