Lost Creek Misty

ILR # 255572
female  b. 7-10-03
Andrew Jackson x Rocky Mountain Greymist

[photo at 1 year]

Misty weighed in at 28 pounds and was a welcome sight to all ... after a farm-record 368-day gestation! Misty is one of Jim's primary partners, and was becoming well-known as she accompanies him to more venues for demonstrations of Get Connected! llama training ... until a very long treatment for a face abscess of unknown origin placed a significant setback in their relationship.

When she was very young, Misty looked dull white from a short distance, but a closer inspection revealed subtle hues of silver and salmon pink, as well as a few more obvious appaloosa spots. She's now lost all that (except the spots) for awhile, and we won't know until after she matures whether her adult coat will show any of her elusive colors.

Misty's gaits and conformation are close to what we are striving to produce and her disposition was originally (pre-abscess) very even, mellow and personable like her father's with a healthy dash of her mom's curiousity and energy. Between her phenotypic merits and the fact that Misty is her father's last offspring, she may be bred on a limited basis ... but she'll be a careeer llama first, and it is quite possible that, despite her overall quality, Misty still will not be able to "compete" with the other excellent females we have here to choose from.

We knew "Misty" was a name that fit well from the early hour of the morning she arrived, and we figured we'd come up with a longer registered name ending in "mist" (to honor mother Greymist) that would also honor father Andrew. Nothing seemed to agree with Misty, and finally she fessed up that she didn't want a longer name because then people would call her something else and she wants to be called "Misty" because she likes that. After years of having to listen to a lot of people -- who should know better -- verbally butcher even our most well-known llamas' names, we figured that's a fine reason to leave it just as she wants (besides, it is HER name, and it should be agreeable to her).

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