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 Who
IS Cathy Spalding, Anyway?
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Cathy Spalding lives with
her husband of over 35 years
and the youngest of their three
children in Olympia, WA where
they manage their herd of 18
llamas and alpacas.
Together with her family, she
has been actively involved with
llamas and alpacas since 1985.
Cathy has served as a board
member for the ILA, LANA and
local associations, chaired
and co-chaired many events and
fundraisers, served as an active
member on numerous committees
for local and national associations
including the ILR, edited the
LOWS newsletter, spearheaded
the Llama and Alpaca Symposium
in Kansas City, written numerous
articles, authored the original
Delta Society guidelines for
llamas and alpacas, and created
the llama and alpaca cartoons
Changing
Places and Lamazing
Wisdom. Her first behavioral
textbook on CD-ROM entitled Llama
Talk is a vast
collection of llama behavioral
cues complete with photos and
vocals. Continually in high
demand, Llama
Talk is used in a number
of veterinary universities including
Cornell University in Ithaca,
N.Y. and the Uruguay Veterinary
School of Medicine in Uruguay,
South America. Cathy’s
second behavioral CD-ROM for
alpacas entitled Alpaca
Talk is highly acclaimed
as a must have for alpaca owners.
This text includes over 100
color photos of alpaca behavioral
cues as well as vocals. Her
article on positioning has been
translated into Chinese and
presented at the Xi'an Jiaotong
University in China.
Cathy’s focus is in the
awareness of alpaca and llama
behavior as the very foundation
for understanding training and
herd management. Problem solving
can be complex with more than
one way to approach most issues.
Understanding behaviors provides
the crucial information needed
in making educated decisions
for appropriate resolution in
any given situation. Understanding
behavior also saves lives. Cathy
teaches alpaca and llama behavior
and training clinics (which
include a detailed visual presentation
of behavioral cues) for Cornell
University, OSU and WSU, alpaca
and llama associations including
LANA, CLAA and AOBA and at private
farms and ranches across North
America, England and New Zealand.
Cathy is a featured speaker
at many conferences – including
the Camelid Symposium at UC
Davis -- works with FFA and
4H and serves as a judge at
many county fairs and jackpots.
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