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Congratulations to NH Flight of the Eagle on her 2011 "ILR Gathering of Friends" 1st place Adult Showmanship, Pleasure Driving, Public Relations, Obstacle and Pack win. 2011 ILR Gathering of Friends Advanced Performance Champion. Photo courtesty of Debbie Shellabarger

PLTA Certified Master Packer & Delta Society Therapy Llama

(Photo courtesy of Liz Martin)

Welcome! We are Niki and Jeff Kuklenski and we own JNK Llamas in Bellingham, Washington. Niki has been showing llamas since the mid-80's. She also has experience with showing pigs, sheep, horses and drafthorses. She was one of the first llama 4-H and FFA youth in Washington State. The most unique part of the whole experience was that she did not even own her own llama until 1997. Niki had always shown and trained llamas for other farms. Jeff grew up as a city kid who always wanted a horse and to live in the country. In the Spring of 1997 Niki purchased half interest in a young male llama she had been showing. Isle Eagle was such a willing and beautiful animal she had to have him. After marrying in 1998, we made arrangements to own 100% of Eagle. Our herd of 15 currently has several ALSA Halter & Performance Champions and many ILR Halter & Performance Champions. Eagle was our main herdsire who is still the most winning llama in the nation and one of only two Breeder Elite's in the show system. Dazador our gelding is a Non-Breeder Elite of which there are only a handful in the country. We also have two certified PLTA Master Packers and two Delta Society registered pet therapy llamas. All were trained, owned and handled by US! The girls we use have all produced champions or are maiden girls being shown. Our herd is very diverse and we do everything with them! In 1998 we started our own business of showing, grooming, consulting, clinics, brokering, sales, lessons and very select breeding services. We are active volunteers and have had our own 4-H group in the past. JNK Llamas belongs to ALSA (Alpaca Llama Show Association), Llama Information Day Group, ILR (International Lama Registry) Show Division & Southwest Washington Llama Association. Niki is a part of the "Classic Llama" Focus group for the ILR. She writes for various association newsletters, American Livestock Magazine and Llama Banner. Niki is an ILR & ALSA Halter & Performance Judge & ILR Fleece Judge and substitute school teacher. Jeff is in the management training business. We are are some of the ONLY people in the llama indusry that actually do show, pack, drive, therapy work, 4-H, spinning (fiber related work), breeding and rescue. This has allowed us to evaluate our herd from a very critical user's eye and has helped us to build the current herd we have. We are both very dedicated to doing what is right for our llamas and new owners. Having a good fit for a new owner helps to insure that a llama has a lifelong home. As we have done llama rescue from less than ideal situations, we understand the problems that come about when a new owner is sold a llama that they are not totally educated about. Select breeding is important to ensure the best genetic and conformationally sound crosses possible. We breed for "All Around" llamas. Llamas that excel in not only halter, but performance, packing and public relations settings. We are breeding just a few girls a year as that is what we can efficiently train and work with. Instead of breeding for numbers, we breed for quality. By only having a few cria a year, we are able to focus our energy into those animals to make sure they are well trained and socialized. All of our crias shown by us placed Grand Champion Novice Performance in large classes at their very first ALSA/ILR shows. Please contact us with any questions about llamas or our program. Niki & Jeff Bellingham, Washington 360-592-2603   E-mail us we love to hear from you!   *NOTE- Because we do have livestock guardian dogs, we ask that you leave your dogs at home when you come to visit our farm.

Eagle & Niki featured on the cover of the Fall 2009 Delta Society Magazine "Interactions." We were honored to be asked to participate!

 ***Check out our therapy work on Facebook under "Delta Society Therapy Llamas Marisco & Flight."***

 JNK Llama Farm attended six shows (3 were single point shows) in 2011
and most of the time we showed 4-5 animals at a show.
Our 2011 show stats are:

Halter:
33 1st place Wins
19 Grand Champion Wins
13 Reserve Grand Champion Wins
1 1st place National Win
1 Reserve Grand Champion National Win
3 Best of Show Wins

Performance:
40 1st place Wins
11 Grand Champion Wins
5 Reserve Grand Champion Wins
5 1st place National Wins
1 Grand Champion National Win

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as of November 30, 2011

Our Website Has Had a Yearly Overhaul, Please Let Us Know If You Find Any Mistakes or Dead Links!

THE NEW BABIES ARE HERE!

JNK 2011 Cria

Delta Society Therapy Llamas

Isle Eagle (Our Stud)	4-H Information	The Reality of Breeding
Eagle Offspring	Carting Information	Articles
Our Llama Family Page	JNK Services Available	What Do You Do with Them?
Flaming Star Llama Packs	Niki's Show Schedule	Llama Genetic Page
Sale Llamas	Philosophies	Before You Buy Llamas
Various Fun Pictures	Sold or Animals We Placed	Llama Conformation
Senta's Memorial Page	JNK Photo Album	Llama Information Links
Delta Society Therapy Work With Llamas	Annual Llama Information Day	JNK Future Winners Born

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