Located in beautiful southwestern Ontario, Pootcorners is home to both suri and huacaya alpacas as well as the Peter and Suelaine Poot family.

We have 24 acres of land, which is too much to let sit idle, but too small for cash crops. After hearing about alpacas, we did our research and, of course, fell in love with them. Our first two bred females were purchased in 2004.  Our wonderful alpaca adventure had begun.

We have six children who have been thrilled with these wonderful animals right from the start and help out on the farm. The first alpaca we purchased had her cria (the first for our farm) on our youngest son's, Isaac's, birthday.   Caasi (Isaac spelled backwards) and Isaac often celebrate their special day together. Now 10 years old Isaac enjoys helping with the alpacas, especially when they go to PR engagements.

Our oldest son, Benjamin, helps out a lot with halter training some adult alpacas who have not been previously trained. He works full time but has flexible hours that allow him to travel to shows. In his “spare” time he custom builds hay feeders specially designed to reduce waste. He also is a regular part of morning chores.

Our oldest daughter, Joellen, is away at school, but enjoys spending time with the alpacas and taking their pictures. When she is home she drives the alpacas to their many PR engagements at schools, camps, residential facilities, fairs and parades.  She also edits and adds to the website as needed

The twins, Moria and Taryn, also enjoy working with the animals. Moria enjoys leading the alpacas at shows and parades. She occasionally spends time working at a nearby fibre mill and enjoys the end products of alpacas. She and Suelaine are learning to weave with this wonderful fibre. Moria purchase an alpaca of her own in 2007 as an investment for the future .

Taryn is in the barn daily doing chores and training the alpacas. Taryn would like to become a vet and loves her hands on experience with the alpacas. She is a respected handler at the alpaca shows and is often asked to lead animals for other farms when they find themselves short handed.  She purchased her first alpaca in 2008.

The other regular "barn assistant" is our 13 year old son, Reuben. He is out in the barn each morning with Taryn, Benjamin, and Suelaine taking care of and working with the young crias as they learn to walk with halter and lead. Reuben also helps with the animals in the show ring.  He is somewhat of an expert in bottle-feeding crias who need a little extra help. He and his brother, Isaac, have pooled their resources and purchased their first alpaca in 2008.