Welcome to Cabernet Creek Farms home of "vintage quality" llamas, Boer Goats and Pembroke Welsh Corgis. A small, select operation, Cabernet Creek specializes in producing animals with superb dispositions and great conformation. The owners, Debi and Rich Garvin both have backgrounds in genetics - hers in Animal Science - his in plants and viticulture. When moving to this pristine location a compromise was reached - in lieu of a vineyard, a llama farm was started satisfying Debi's breeding and animal obsession and some pacifying (by naming the llamas after vine) Rich's viticulture background. One comment Rich made after acquiring our first llamas (which escaped the fence) was that at least vines did not move. That was many years ago and now we are on our third and fourth generation of llamas. We added Boer Goats to the farm in 1998 and have been breeding Corgis since 1991.

LLAMAS

Like many llama breeders, we started on a very limited budget (never paying more than $1,500.00 for a llama) and have vastly improved our herd. For a small farm (20-25 llamas) our show record rivals that of many big ranches. We hand selected the parents of Cabernet's Pinot Blanc the 1999 National Grand Champion and are are now starting to show his offspring. He has consistently produced show winners and ALSA ROMs and Champions. In 2005, Cabernet Creek Farms produced the ALSA Western Regional Grand Champion Medium Wool Male, Heavy Wool Female and Non-breeder. As a founding member of the Traditional Llama Coalition, we have refused to jump on the suri/huarizo bandwagon, and continue to breed real llamas with exquisite fiber. Most of our herd has the rare silky fiber - easy to clean, great to spin and with luster, uniformity and low micron counts. All of our llamas have outstanding dispositions and are "Mallonized" at birth, making them very easy to handle. Bred female and youngsters are available for sale. In addition, only our very best males are left intact and sold as herd sires. Since all of our llamas run with goats, they are a natural for guard animals.

As an off shoot to the llamas, we have begun marketing the exquisite fiber our llamas produce. Socks and hats are available for sale along with occasional scarves, shawls, blankets and finished yarn. Find links in the llama section of the menu.

BOER GOATS

Our first Boer goats were purchased in 1998, well before they became popular in the Northwest. With our primary emphasis on 4H and FFA Market goats, we have worked to bring in some of the top bloodlines in the country. Market animals from our farm have won Grand Champion at both the Wasco and Hood River County Fairs over the past several years. To compliment our Market Goat program, we also have fullblood and purebred Boers. Our primary herdsires come from some of the best Enobled lines in the US. It is imperative that one reserves their market goats during the winter, as we routinely sell out early in the season. Although all of our kids were sold early in 2005 and 2006 we should have purebred and fullblood doelings and bucklings for sale in 2007. Prices start at $250.00 for purebred and $300.00 for full bloods.

CORGIS

We are currently on our fourth generation of farm bred Corgis. Our goal has been to develop a Corgi that not only is pleasing to look at, but also has an outstanding disposition and excellent herding instinct. Our pups make great agility and herding dogs and are great round kids. We generally only breed for one litter a year with those pups due in May. By having a very restricted, selective breeding program we have developed a really nice line of Corgis.