Ready . . . Set . . . Register!

With the holiday season passed and spring just ahead most of us have the time to get our paperwork caught up for our llamas. Are your 2004 babies registered? If not, this is a great time to get them registered before new babies are born. Members of ILR will enjoy a reduced fee for llamas registered before they are one year of age.

The new on-line services offered by ILR make registration easier than ever before. Now a member can go on-line, complete the easy to follow registration form and submit digital photos for new registrations. You can also update photos of any registered llama online. Just go to “update photos” check the photos of your previously registered llama and if necessary, update any poor shots or baby photos that need to be upgraded.

The time of new registration is a great opportunity to make a good evaluation of your llama. Does the little male have stud potential? If you plan to promote your youngster as a male with stud potential consider sending a FTA card with your registration. You do not have to have a DNA analysis done at the time of registration but having the FTA card on file with ILR could be a valuable sales tool. Your potential buyer will know that you valued your youngster enough to take that extra step. DNA parent verification is another important sales point. A llama that has been parent verified is more valuable as a breeding animal than one with unverified parentage. DNA analysis is mandatory in many horse registries. It is optional in most cases for registration with ILR but that does not make it any less valuable to serious llama breeders. Mistakes can happen and knowing you are 100% correct in the genealogy you provide a buyer gives them the confidence that the animal they are buying is indeed the same animal you are selling.

ILR also is proud to offer the enhanced registration certificate for parent verified llamas. It features a photo of your llama on the certificate and also reflects the DNA verified genealogy. Click here to see an example of the enhanced certificate.

The ILR depends on registrations and memberships from llama owners for its support. In return ILR provides the most detailed database on camelids in existence, contact information for owners and other llama organizations, liaison to government agencies for education health issues and much more.

ILR is about llamas and their owners. Register your llamas today and help ILR continue to serve the entire llama community.

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