About Us

Triple H Ranch, located in the beautiful foothills of Colorado, was founded in 2013, after researching many types of livestock to raise.  Why alpaca, and specifically suri alpaca?   In a word, alpaca are more rare than most other types of livestock, and suri are the most rare of all, making up an estimated 15% of the US alpaca herd.  But that is not the only reason.  Alpaca are much easier on the land than other livestock, having pads on their feet as opposed to hooves, they are easier to handle, don't eat a ton, and are just overall enjoyable to raise and be around.  And the best part of all, alpaca grow some of the most amazingly soft fiber!

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My story with animals, and livestock in general, starts more years ago than I care to admit however.  Always an animal lover, I started with a love of horses at age 6, which continues to this day.  I got my first horse at age 11, went through the ranks of the United States Pony Club and competed on a both a local and national level.  As an adult, I started teaching riding lessons, giving clinics, judging at local shows and training horses.  In 2001, I started volunteering with a local horse rescue and eventually became a sworn animal cruelty investigator and I have been certified specifically as an equine cruelty investigator.  Through all of that, I believed strongly that education was the most important tool to ending animal neglect and cruelty.

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My 3 children (hence the name Triple H) followed in my footsteps in their love of animals, helping in the barn every day caring for the horses and eventually joining 4H, raising and competing with not only horses, but goats, sheep and rabbits.  Though my children are now all grown, they continue to help when needed on the ranch, especially on shearing day!

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Understanding livestock breeding from my horse experience, I knew that I had to find the best animals I could to start with and build from there, making very careful, informed breeding decisions based on not only genetics, but conformation and fiber traits as well.  I have learned a lot since 2013 and have grown my herd into a respected, successful suri herd.  Just 7 years after purchasing my first alpaca, I won the prestigious AOA Breeders Cup in the medium farm division in 2020, which is no easy feat!  I repeated that win in 2021, 2022 and 2023 as well as adding The 2022 Futurity Reserve Medium Breeder of the Year award and I have no plans to stop there.  My herd now consists of several champions which I bred, as well as some amazing herdsires that will continue to improve our breeding program, including a few Judges Choice and National Supreme winners!  All alpaca are registered with Alpaca Owners Association (AOA).

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In 2021, during the lull that was covid, I started researching angora goats, knowing that the mohair they produce is often blended with the amazing fiber produced from suri's, but I wasn't quite ready to jump in just yet.  It took me almost a year and a half and a lot of thought to decide to bring in another fiber producing animal to the ranch, but now that I have, I am incredibly excited!

 

My goal in choosing the goats to start my herd was very similar to my goals of when I started the alpaca herd; start with the best quality that I can in both fiber and conformation, and grow it from there.  My first goats arrived in the beginning of June, 2022.  All of our goats were chosen because of their fiber characteristics and conformation.   All of the goats are healthy and up-to-date on shots and deworming.  My herd has been tested negative for CL, CAE, and Johnes disease.  Goats are registered with the Colored Angora Goat Breeder's Association (CAGBA)

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Triple H Ranch provides both suri alpaca and angora goat seed stock for sale, agisting, mentoring as well as having top of the line proven herdsires and bucks available for breeding.