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How Kathy Albert Discovered Alpacas
Clip: Season 6 Episode 26 | 1m 37sVideo has Closed Captions
Kathy Albert shares how a magazine ad sparked her interest in raising alpacas.
Kathy Albert remembers seeing an advertisement for alpacas while reading a magazine and realizing she knew almost nothing about them. That curiosity turned into more than a year of research as she learned about the animals, their fiber and what it would take to raise them. Eventually, the research became the beginning of her own alpaca farm.
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A Shot of AG
How Kathy Albert Discovered Alpacas
Clip: Season 6 Episode 26 | 1m 37sVideo has Closed Captions
Kathy Albert remembers seeing an advertisement for alpacas while reading a magazine and realizing she knew almost nothing about them. That curiosity turned into more than a year of research as she learned about the animals, their fiber and what it would take to raise them. Eventually, the research became the beginning of her own alpaca farm.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipSo how did you even find out about alpacas?
- The ad on the side of the boot was the very first ad I ever saw.
It was in either Country Living or Country Magazine.
- Oh, okay.
So it basically just says, Hey, you could grow these things.
Did you know anything about 'em?
- No.
I called my dad and I said, what are alpacas?
- Really?
He obviously probably knew, right?
Being a vet.
- Well, he knew what they were, but he didn't have any experience with them.
And that started about a year and a half's worth of investigation.
- Why is it in a boot?
- Northerner boots are the best boots around.
Those haven't been in poop though.
(bell dings) - They're not a sponsor, but- - That's okay.
They don't make 'em anymore.
- Oh really?
What's so great about 'em?
- They're insulated, they're warm, they're waterproof and they're functional.
- Okay.
But there's a lot of boots like that, right?
- I don't know.
I'm partial to these.
- Not as good as as this one.
- They're just harder to find.
- Do you have like a hoard of them?
- I do.
- Really?
Like how many?
- I think I have two extra pairs right now.
- Oh, that's not bad.
Yeah, I'm talking like, like a pickup truck full.
- Oh, not that many.
- Yeah.
Okay.
But you can't get 'em anymore, - Right.
- How long do they last?
- Couple years.
- Oh, that's not bad.
Yeah.
Alright, so you see this ad.
What appealed to you about this ad?
Why did you wanna- - I wanted livestock, but I didn't want to have to take care of something and put it on my dinner plate.
- Okay.
- And so knowing that there were fiber animals, I started that investigation.
At the time that I got into it, they were very expensive.
- Yeah.
- And so there was a lot of research that I did prior to buying my first one
Growing Up With Cougars on a Leash
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Clip: S6 Ep26 | 55s | Kathy Albert recalls growing up around exotic animals, including a pet cougar. (55s)
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Clip: S6 Ep26 | 1m 8s | Kathy Albert explains how alpacas, farm visits and fiber support her business. (1m 8s)
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