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As an art history
student in my youth, I admired specific ancient artifacts that
were housed in famous (and not so famous) museums all over the
world. The majority of them were from Greece, Crete, Santorini,
and Italy, but there was one I loved above all of the rest - a
silver llama standing 9 3/8 inches tall with a striated and crimped
silver sheet representing it's hanging fleece. It had been discovered
on an island in Lake Titicaca between Bolivia and Peru in South
America and dated mid 15th-early 16th century A.D. It is housed
at the American Museum of Natural History in New York. It did
not look like any llama I had ever seen in any zoo or travel book.
It's image is unforgettable and seemed to be one of a kind - no
others like it have been discovered. To me it felt exotic and
somewhat mystical. The first time I saw a real llama with the
single coat of drapy, suri fiber I immediately thought of the
silver llama effigy found on an island in Lake Titicaca... and
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We have been so lucky
to have loved and raised llamas since 1982 and when we discovered real
live suri llamas that resembled that exquisite silver effigy of long ago,
we were hooked. As a student I never dreamt that someday I would have
90 llamas, plus a small herd of real live suri llamas that are the mirror
image of that ancient silver llama. In honor of the "suri differences",
this page is also a bit different from our other pages.
We have suri girls with Chilean, Peruvian, and Bolivian bloodlines.
We refer to them as the Ya Ya Sisters because of their comical and "busy"
personalities. Please call or email
us with any questions.
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Silver Moon Cou De Lah
DOB 5-14-2005
FFF Chiri-O x Artemisia
Cou De Lah is our suri masterpiece who was LFA Suri Futurity Blue Ribbon winner in 2006.
She is the most comical llama on the farm who entertains us by grabbing every empty
container with her teeth and hurling them everywhere. When we hear banging in the barn
we know that Cou De Lah is at it again! She is bred to 2007 Suri Celebrity Futurity
Champion & High Selling Male "M.R.S. Painted Smile" for a March delivery.
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M.R.S. Cotton Candy
DOB 7-17-2003
HCLA Bolivian Easy Money
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HCLA Bolivian Cotton Jenny
Cotton Candy may be the most ribbon decorated daughter by the legendary Easy Money
and she has the credentials to prove it.
- 2004 Grand Champion Suri Female Parkland Breeders Sweepstakes
- 2004 First Place Northern Alberta Show
- 2005 First Place National Letherbridge Futurity
- 2005 First Place LFA Suri Futurity winner
- 2005 High Selling LFA Female
We purchased her at the 2005 LFA sale. She has had two suri babies. We were so
impressed with her we wanted more of that wonderful bloodline so we purchased her brother,
painted smile at the 2006 Celebrity Sale where he also won first place in his class.
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Tillman's Sweet Stiletto
DOB 7-9-2004
HCLA Overexposed
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Pedal Pusher
Goose Valley's "Sweet Stiletto" is one of the most impressive Suri llamas in the world. This pure
Bolivian is now 48" at the withers and 82" at the top of her ears. She is one of a handful of llamas
to receive a star premium with their second fleece. "Stiletto" was the 2006 Western World Futurity.
This is a bloodline that will influence the llama world for generations to come.
She delivered a huge Suri red and white daughter by "Chamoso" that we call "Sweet Seelah" who is the
most statuesque and stretchy of the seasons Suri kids.
She is now bred to Goose Valley's new Suri champion "LAMS Nutcracker" who stands 46" at the withers
and measures 6'8" at the top of his ears. We can hardly wait to see the "Mystery Cria" from these
awesome Suri parents.
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Casta Spell
DOB 5-23-03
Newevo x Spellbound
When Spellbound delivered this outrageous silver girl everyone was
captivated and decided to name the baby Casta Spell. Her long stretchy frame was covered with unbelievable
silver suri fiber topped off with the most adorable faceand ears. She was a big girl (34.2 lbs) at the start
and she has grown up strong and tall with her Mom's
huge mik supply.
Casta Spell gives new meaning to the term stretch.
Casta
Spell is the llama on our farm that everyone asks about the
most and we always say we think that she is the best of all of
Newevos' kids. Newevo,
our Peruvian Silver Suri boy is producing outrageous offspring
for us with about 90% suri results. His kids come in all colors
with large correct frames and that unmistakeable "Newevo"
presence.
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Tillman's Slinky
DOB 8-18-04
Bolivian Over Exposed x MW Zinnia
We think Tillman's Slinky is the ultimate suri "pasture candy" on Goose Valley's llama farm. She came to us from the wonderful Tillman suri program and we are proud to add her to our suri collection. Her suri fiber is incomparable and represents our quest to breed the finest suri fiber possible.
She has an exquisite Chamoso suri female cria named "Shimmy" who also carries extraordinary suri fiber and beauty.
Slinky is a great mom with abundant milk and sweet mothering abilities. She is due to deliver another cria this fall.
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Senorita
Cristina
DOB
3-20-97 * Bolivian Import
There
are not enough adjectives to adequately describe her beauty
because she
is so gorgeous. Cristina's nickname around the farm is Catherine-Zeta
Jones, and the consensus is that whatever she wants, she can
have it.
She has had remarkable
offspring, including a Marino daughter, Christal, who sold
at the Fiesta Final sale for $70,000.
She also had an
outrageous Smokin' Gun daughter "Black Cashmere" who now lives in Nebraska with
Randy
and Tara Cipriano.
Anyone this fancy should have a flashy name so we call him
"El Litri" (The Dandy).
More Photos: 
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Traviesa
DOB 1-9-96 * Bolivian Import
Look at this adorable face! What can you say about this Bolivian girl? Super suri fiber, super face, super bone, and outrageous red and white coloring. When she came into the ring at Final Fiesta sale, we couldn't resist her. We feel very fortunate to have bought her. Six days after the sale, she delivered a sleek suri male named Full Throttle, an exceptional Chiri
Chico son. Full Throttle is any suri breeder's dream boy, with great conformation and killer fiber! See more about him on our Stud page. Traviesa is an easy breeder and a heavy milker, and all of her crias have been fantastic. To top it off, she is a lot of fun. She is the farm busybody:
She is here, there everywhere, comically checking out everyone and everything.
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Cebra
DOB 2-28-97 * Bolivian Import
Cebra is another pure Bolivian, super suri dam who decorates our pastures. She looks shimmery and silvery, and has the sweetest temperament.
Cebra has done it
again! she has delivered another extraordinary super suri baby.
Out of her five offspring, four have been suri fibered. Her
cria last year was the wonderful suri Maserati
who was purchased by Sue Wilde at the Spring 2005 Celebrity.
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Llamas Since 1982
Bob and Toni Skousen
Email: gvllamas@aol.com
Farm * 1300 W. Longhorn, Payson, AZ 85541
Home * 4222 E. Brown Rd. #32, Mesa, AZ 85205
Home phone (480) 854-1966
Bob's cell (602) 463-1522
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