Many thanks to our recent buyers!

Vicki and Francis Horn, North Platte Alpacas for purchasing Copper Penny, Nymph, and Cinnabon

Phil & Vicki Liske, Outstanding Dreams Farm for purchasing Tiger Lily and Truffles

Erin and Paul Egan, Offbeat Acres Alpacas for the purchase of Hobby Horse Peruvian Pied Piper.

Lawrence & Donna Binder, Bluebonnet Hills Alpacas for purchasing Sweet Talkin' Man

Tom Burkhart, WindChime Alpacas for purchasing High Chaparral

We have a selection of champion and ribbon-winning alpacas in black, brown, fawn, beige and white

Having fun and it SHOWS!

Hobby Horse Wizard of Ahhhs - 6 x Champ! Wizard was Reserve Color Champ at Buckeye and 1st/Color Champion, Dk. Br. Males, Best of the US Show 2011.
News Flash! Wizard just added another banner to his collection - Reserve Color Champion at the Indiana Alpaca Invitational!

BlackBerry - 1st and Reserve Champion Black Female Alpaca at Best of the US 2011

Our Customers' Successes
We're pleased to celebrate and post the success of our customers.
Congratulations to Don and Connie Payne of Oak Lawn Alpacas! Mustang Sally, their Epic daughter, was Brown Female Reserve Color Champion at the 2011 Spring Bling!

Skin Biopsy News Flash:
Hobby Horse Peruvian Fabio skin biopsy results: Fabio is in the top 1% of 2100 alpacas that Dr. Evans has evaluated by skin biopsy! That's the top 21 animals, folks! See him...

"The Producers"- Winchester and Epic represent some of the finest bloodlines in the industry, and their offspring have now won over 135 championships.

Thank You ARI Members, for electing Shauna to the fill one of the two newly available seats on the ARI BOD.
ARI has officially tabulated the recent votes, and announced that Shauna Brummet and Lynn Boak were the highest vote-getters.

"I'm happy to be re-elected to the ARI Board, and excited as we move forward with our work with the membership. Thank you!"

In Memory of Winchester

Our special, sweet boy who gave us so much happiness with all his own winning and all his wonderful kids. A true impact herdsire. His 76 kids have won at least 80 championships - an industry record. He is loved and greatly missed by Shauna and Jeff. See a short slide show here.

Ease of Navigation around our site
Our new drop down buttons above lead to many informative pages. Our Herdsire and Female landing pages are now categorized by color.

Quick Picks

Welcome to Hobby Horse Farm Alpacas, one of the foremost Alpaca Breeders in Ohio. Fineness • Density • Crimp • Color

Hello, we're Shauna Brummet and Jeffrey Skinner and we're glad you stopped by. We are the owners of Hobby Horse Farm Alpacas. Find out more about us here, or better yet, call to arrange a visit. We're always happy to show you around and talk about alpacas!

Our mission as alpaca breeders is to produce healthy, sound, elite fiber alpacas with show ring presence, winning ability and production excellence! Our vision is a cooperative effort of small farms...more...

January Feature:
Hobby Horse Peruvian Heaven Cent

This lovely young female is part of our show string - we expect Heaven Cent will continue to do well and will be ready to breed in summer 2012. Why not take advantage of the fine genetics of Hobby Horse Rico's Arctic Rendezvous and plan a divine breeding?

Winter Breeding Special - Book your spring breedings now! 3 breedings to any of the following herdsires for $2400.
Rendezvous, Eastwood, Axl, Wizard, or Ringo
Proven producers! Proven Winners, Proven by EPDs, skin biopsies and histograms! We support you before and after the sale!

Click any image below to go to their individual page and even print out their latest flyer!

(all flyers designed at www.pheildesign.com)

GLAA Winter Seminar

When : 1/28/2012 8:00 AM - 1/28/2012 4:00 PM
Shauna, as Director and Chief Scientist of the Alpaca Registry, will be the featured speaker at the Great Lakes Alpaca Association Winter Alpaca Seminar on January 28, 2012. Watch here and the GLAA website for details.

Thanks to PAOBA for their hospitality and warmreception at my seminar atPenn State."Estimated Progeny Differences - A Breeder's Tool"

To view my presentation, please click the image at right or go to our article page.

Attention New Alpaca Breeders
We are always available to answer your questions and assist with plans to enter the alpaca industry. We would love to work with you on acquiring the bloodlines that you need to achieve your breeding goals. Work with a farm that is knowledgeable and dedicated to the alpaca industry. Together we can establish and achieve your goals. Contact Us!

Learning About Alpacas
Read about the history of the alpaca, extending back hundreds of years. We share our photos from our trip to magical Peru, their land of origin, as well as many fascinating facts about the care and physical characteristics of alpacas. more..

Many thanks to our recent buyers! Vicki and Francis Horn, North Platte Alpacas for purchasing Copper Penny, Nymph, and Cinnabon