Fleece Services

5 Reasons you want Fleeces-to-Go to handle your fleeces:

1. Judging based on absolute system vs. comparison system in the halter classes.
2. Get valuable feedback on the quality of your apacas fleece via scorecard.
3. Use these results for marketing your alpacas
4. Safe for your alpacas: keep them at home while their fleeces earn ribbons.
5. Cost effective, especially in the current market.

Check out the article in the Summer 2009 Alpaca Magazine titled:
Promoting Your Farm Through Fleece Shows

Skirting
Your fleece will be handled with the utmost care while
in the process of removing debris & second cuts.
Your blanket is then packaged ready to be judged.
Fleeces-to-Go offers the option of skiriting and
returning the prepared fleece to you.

Show Registration
Hate filling out all that paperwork? Let Fleeces-to-Go do that for you.
All we need is your signed judges' disclosure form.

Shipping
Fleeces-to-Go will ship (or hand deliver, to certain shows,)
your fleeces to and from the fleece shows.
Once they are returned to us, we review the scorecard, Consult with you,
repackage and prepare it for the next fleece show.
(Option: is to have results and ribbons mailed back to you after each show.
There is a addtional fee for this service.)

Spin Offs
Fleeces-to-Go will prepare the two ounce sample needed to compete
in these often overlooked yet very effective marketing events.
We handle the registration and shipping the same as the fleece show.

For each fleece and spinoff sample
Fleeces-to-Go will need the following:
1. Copy of ARI
2. Permission to Show form if you are not registered as the owner of the alpaca.
3. Date of current shearing.
4: Date of previous shearing.
5. Mandatory Exihibitor Disclousure form for each show.
6. Methond of Shearing: Hand or Electric
7. Exhibitior Name, Address, Phone Number, Email Address and Farm Name.
8. Show Division Number.

Pricing
Each price is listed per fleece.

Skirting & Show Preparation
(one time fee)
Huacaya: $35
Suri: $45
Spin offs $35 each

Fleece Show
$100 for each show
This includes all registration fees, paperwork, sample prep,
shipping and one time return of fleece, ribbons & scorecards.
( If you would like results and ribbons after each show, we would be happy
to package and mail that to you for a small fee of $10 which includes postage.)

Spin Offs
$75 for each show
This includes all registration, fees, paperwork, sample prep,
shipping and on time return of fleece, ribbons & scorecards.
(As with fleece shows, if you would like results and ribbons after
each show, we would be happy to package and mail that to you
for a small fee of $10 which includes postage.)

Fleeces-to-Go understands your concern for your valuable
fleeces. That is why each fleece receives the attention to detail it deserves!
I truly enjoy transforming a fleece into top quality show condition!

Frequently Asked Questions

1. How do I know if I should show my fleece? You can send it to Fleeces-to-Go for a complimentary evaluation. We will consult with you after we review your fleece as to the quality and/or what shows you should send it to.

2. How many shows should I enter my fleece in? After each show, Fleeces-to-Go will evaluate your fleece and repackage it for the next show. We will review the
scorecard with you and based on results and comments, determine the best next
step for your fleece.

3. Can you just skirt my fleece then send it back to me? Absolutely, we can do
that as we have several clients that just uses our skirting only option. We also will prepare Spin offs for you and send them back to you.

Please contact Holli Cox at 419-884-3665, 419-571-8610, or holli@hhalpaca.com