Adopt a Cria – Sentinel Ranch Alpacas

🌱 Adopt a Cria at Sentinel Ranch

Every spring and summer, Sentinel Ranch welcomes new life into the herd. These crias (baby alpacas) represent the future of our ranch — each with their own personality, genetics, and story.

Maybe you’ve visited the ranch and fallen in love.
Maybe there was one baby you still think about.
Or maybe you’ve followed along from afar and feel connected in a different way.

However you found us, cria adoption is a meaningful way to support their care, growth, and future — while staying connected to a baby you love.

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💛 How Cria Adoption Works

Cria adoption is a shared support program, meaning multiple people may adopt the same baby. Your adoption helps provide:

✔ Daily care, nutrition, and enrichment
✔ Veterinary care and wellness monitoring
✔ Gentle handling, training, and socialization
✔ Preparation for potential future showing (for select crias)

Adoptions are symbolic and do not transfer ownership or naming rights, but they make a very real impact on the care of our alpacas.

🦙 What’s Included with Adoption:

✔ Adoption certificate
✔ Photos & updates
✔ Support for care & enrichment
✔ Optional in-person or virtual tour experience

Adoption benefits vary by level. Shared adoption supports the care of your chosen cria.

🌱 Monthly Digital Cria Adoption

• Emailed cria adoption certificate

🌱 Yearly Digital Cria Adoption

• Emailed cria adoption certificate
• Virtual or in-person ranch tour with a member of our family (scheduled at a mutually convenient time)

🎁 Gift Cria Adoption

• Everything in Yearly Digital
• Plus a 9” alpaca stuffy

⭐️ VIP Cria Adoption

• Everything in Yearly Digital
• Plus a 10% off promo code for any AlpacaLand order in 2026

🍼 Meet the Cria: “Crown Princess”

Born: June 16
Sex: Female
Color: True Black with White “Crown” Marking
Dam: Calliope
Sire: Ruben

“Crown Princess” is a truly striking female cria with a jet-black coat accented by a beautiful white crown marking — a rare and unforgettable combination that instantly captures attention.

Her deep black coloring traces back through her grandparents, giving Crown Princess especially special and hard-to-find color genetics. Paired with her confident presence and undeniable cuteness, she represents a remarkable blend of beauty, lineage, and future potential.

Born in mid-June, Crown Princess already carries herself with a playful curiosity and quiet confidence. She’s the kind of cria visitors pause for — a little star in the pasture and a favorite among those who meet her.

Crown Princess is currently known by her nickname while she continues to grow. Adopters get the joy of following her journey as her story and official registered name unfold.

💛 Why Adopt Crown Princess?

When you adopt Crown Princess, you are helping support:
✔ Daily care, nutrition, and enrichment
✔ Veterinary care during her first year
✔ The development of rare and valuable color genetics
✔ A bright, healthy future at Sentinel Ranch

Crown Princess may have multiple adopters — each supporter plays a role in giving her the very best start.

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🦙 How Adoption Works

Choose your preferred adoption level above and select “Crown Princess” from the cria list. You’ll receive your adoption certificate and begin receiving updates as she grows.

🍼 Meet the Cria: “Rosebud”

Born: June 10
Sex: Female
Color: White
Dam: White Rose

“Rosebud” is a very special female cria with a soft white coat and a resilient, thriving spirit. Born in early June, she represents the continuation of a cherished bloodline at Sentinel Ranch.

Her dam, White Rose, gave us one final gift before passing later in the year due to old age — allowing her lineage to live on through Rosebud. Surrounded by attentive aunties and thoughtful care, Rosebud is doing wonderfully and growing stronger every day.

Rosebud’s story honors the past while nurturing the future. Adopters play a meaningful role in supporting her continued growth and well-being.

Rosebud is currently known by her nickname while she grows and develops. Adopters will follow her journey from these early days through her official registration and beyond.

💛 Why Adopt Rosebud?

✔ Extra attentive care during her first year
✔ Daily nutrition, monitoring, and enrichment
✔ Veterinary care and wellness checks
✔ Support for a truly meaningful legacy cria

Rosebud may have multiple adopters — each supporter helps ensure she continues to thrive.

🍼 Meet the Cria: “Duke”

Born: August 3
Sex: Male
Color: Bay Black
Dam: Contessa

“Duke” is a strong, handsome male cria with rich bay black coloring and an impressive presence. His arrival holds deep meaning at Sentinel Ranch following the loss of his sister, Fancy Obsession, the previous year.

Contessa, Duke’s devoted dam, is nearing the end of her production years and is known for her stunning bay black fiber. Duke has clearly inherited her exceptional qualities, including super-fine fiber, beautiful crimp structure, excellent style, and a strong, balanced frame.

Because of these traits, Duke is firmly on our show list, and we’re excited to watch his future unfold.

Duke represents remembrance, resilience, and renewal — a cria we are deeply proud of.

💛 Why Adopt Duke?

✔ Daily care, nutrition, and enrichment
✔ Veterinary care during his first year
✔ Advanced handling and training
✔ Preparation for potential show participation

Duke may have multiple adopters — each supporter plays a role in helping him reach his full potential.

🍼 Meet the Cria: “Mystik”

Born: June 25
Sex: Female
Color: Bay Black (with potential to mature true black)
Dam: Black Magic (True Black)

“Mystik” is a deeply meaningful female cria with bay black coloring and rare genetics. Her dam, Black Magic, is a true black alpaca — a color that is difficult to pass genetically and achieved only under specific conditions.

After many years without producing, Black Magic welcomed her first cria last season and followed with Mystik this year — making Mystik’s arrival especially significant. While her current fiber appears bay black, cria coloring often shifts with maturity, meaning Mystik may deepen into true black after her first shearing.

Mystik is currently on our show watch list, and her journey includes the important milestone of her dam’s long-awaited official registration.

💛 Why Adopt Mystik?

✔ Support for rare and valuable black genetics
✔ Daily care, nutrition, and enrichment
✔ Veterinary care and development
✔ Training and preparation for potential show participation

Mystik may have multiple adopters — each supporter helps nurture this exceptional bloodline.

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🍼 Meet the Cria: “Snow White”

Born: May 22
Sex: Female
Color: White
Dam: Melanie

“Snow White” is a gentle, classic white female cria with a calm presence and sweet demeanor. Born in late May, she has quickly become a favorite for visitors who love her peaceful nature and timeless alpaca look.

As the daughter of Melanie, Snow White is off to a wonderful start, showing early signs of a kind temperament and easygoing personality. She is an ideal choice for first-time adopters and gift adoptions alike.

Snow White is currently known by her nickname while she grows. Adopters will enjoy watching her develop into a beautiful, graceful alpaca.

💛 Why Adopt Snow White?

✔ Daily care, nutrition, and enrichment
✔ Veterinary care during her first year
✔ Gentle handling and socialization
✔ A wonderful “first adoption” experience

Snow White may have multiple adopters — each supporter helps give her a strong, healthy beginning.

🍼 Meet the Cria: “Lilly”

Born: September 4
Sex: Female
Color: White
Dam: Enchanted Dream

“Lilly” is the youngest female cria of the season, with a soft white coat and a sweet, endearing personality. She is lovingly nicknamed after our niece — the youngest cousin — making her arrival especially meaningful to our family.

Her dam, Enchanted Dream, carries rare and closely watched white genetics, tracing back to a single special breeding from 2016. After producing one earlier cria and then waiting several years, Enchanted Dream surprised us with Lilly this summer.

Lilly is well grown, thriving, and showing that her dam is a capable, attentive mother — a joyful and hopeful continuation of a very special line.

💛 Why Adopt Lilly?

✔ Daily care, nutrition, and enrichment
✔ Veterinary care during her first year
✔ Support for a rare and meaningful genetic line
✔ A perfect choice for families and gift adoptions

Lilly may have multiple adopters — each supporter helps celebrate and sustain this beautiful story.

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