Our Alpacas in Tennessee

Home of Quality Breeding, Proven Bloodlines and Champions
We have Champion alpacas in Tennessee here at Foster's Trail & Alpaca Farm (Cleveland, Tennessee). Alpacas can be transported throughout the country using alpaca transportation services. 

Nothing is more important to a successful alpaca farm than high quality female alpacas. We have selected the highest quality of breeding females and males from a variety of North American farms.

Our foundation herd was carefully hand-picked with a variety of elite bloodlines (proven to produce ideal alpaca characteristics in their offspring) including 4Peruvian Legacy, 2Peruvian Augusto, 2Peruvian Caligula, 2Peruvian Victor, 2Peruvian Felix, and Peruvian Hemingway. More recently, we have added genetics from Snowmass Matrix, Accoyo America Polaris, 6Peruvian Accoyo Elite, CCNF Elixir, Snowmass Matrix Majesty, 6Peruvian Accoyo Titan, Rembrandt by El Nino, 5Peruvian Hiedra, and Accoyo America North Star. 

Consider purchasing an offspring of one of our Champion alpacas. We have female alpacas for sale, bred to our stellar herdsires. Learn more about our alpaca sires in Tennessee, and get your farm off to a successful start with a female from champion lineage bred to a champion alpaca sire. Whether you are looking for a 3-for-1 package to start your farm or a high quality female with selected lineage to enhance an existing program, we know you’ll find it here at Foster’s Trail. Please contact us for more information about our alpacas for sale or our breeding services.

Success Starts With Champion Alpacas

I purchased five huacaya alpacas from Peter and Susan Goodwin of Foster’s Trail &  Alpaca Farm. They go above and beyond what is expected with a business transaction. I have made dear friends and have fantastic mentors. I am new to the world of alpacas. I couldn’t be happier with my experience working with Goodwins or with the beautiful alpacas they raise on their farm. To understand how committed Goodwins are to raising championship quality animals, I need to share my story and how we met. So I decided to be an alpaca farmer in my 60’s (as now I could actually afford to farm). My husband and I recently moved to TN and purchased 115 acres in the foothills outside of Chattanooga in the town of Pikeville. I joined some online groups, bought some books, went to visit several farms and then started building my barn and fencing my property. I wanted to buy a herd (so I thought). I found a farmer who
was selling her entire herd—31 total with a couple of llamas as well. I posted a question on social media regarding who to contact that would transport that many camelids from Ohio to Tennessee. I received a message from Peter Goodwin of Foster’s Trail & Alpaca Farm. He asked me why I wanted to purchase an entire herd of alpacas. He invited me to visit his farm where he and Susan have been raising championship winning animals. When I arrived at their farm, my first impression was, “This is what I want my farm to look like!” Their place is beautiful, pristine, with happy healthy alpacas. Peter and Susan showed me their barns and took me to their office and that was when Peter asked me some tough questions:
  1. 1. Why do you think you want to buy a whole herd? You know you will be getting someone’s problems and not the best for your money.
  2. 2. What is your goal in alpaca farming? Do you want an agritourism farm? Fiber animals? Show animals? Pets?
  3. 3. How do you want to profit from raising alpacas? Selling fiber? Selling breeding stock? Store?
  4. Don’t care about money?
  5. 4. Do you want to raise suri or huacaya? Do you want to breed for specific colors?
I was overwhelmed as my research previously was only about how to care for alpacas not how to profit. I told Peter and Susan that I could not answer these questions without doing some serious contemplating. I also told them that I needed to see the herd in Ohio before I decided anything. Peter told me that he was not trying to sell me his alpacas but rather was concerned that I might be making a big mistake.

Well, I did go to Ohio to see the herd. I was glad I did because I knew immediately that I did not want to purchase any of the alpacas—I would be getting a herd of trouble. I drove home thinking about all the questions Peter posed. I made another visit to Goodwin’s farm and purchased five females from Goodwins. But before I brought home the girls, Susan and Peter came out to my farm and looked at my barn and pastures. They offered advice on what to modify and how best to manage the pasture rotation. Once changes were made, they delivered my beautiful girls.

Susan is a wealth of knowledge and has been willing to guide me along the way. She invited me to a neonatal class she was sponsoring at her farm. It was taught by a renown veterinarian. I was so grateful for the chance to take this class and be prepared for my upcoming cria births. When my first cria was due to be born, I called Susan so she could keep me calm and coach me. I ran
into trouble and the cria was not coming; before I could ask for help, Susan and Peter had hooked up their trailer, drove 70 miles to my farm and transported my female to UT veterinary hospital. They sat with my husband and me late into the night until we knew the status of my alpaca and her cria. Sadly, we lost the cria (dystocia) but my Princessa made it through the surgery. The next day Peter drove me back to UT to bring my alpaca home.

The Goodwins care about my success as an alpaca farmer. Peter taught me how to run my own fecals. I can send him a picture with a question and he will respond with tips and suggestions. They keep me informed of events and have invited me to join them. I went with them to the Parade of Champions in North Salem NY this past June 2022. Susan introduced me to a very interesting group of alpaca breeders from around the country. I learned so much that weekend. Peter helped me bid on and purchase a new
addition to my herd as well as transporting her from NY to TN.

Knowing we needed to purchase an alpaca trailer, my husband asked Peter a lot of questions about what to get for our farm. Well Peter did more than just answer questions, he introduced us to a client of theirs who retired and had a used trailer in excellent condition that we purchased for a fantastic deal!

Goodwins are so much more than a business relationship --They are friends and genuinely care about my alpacas and my success. I can call Susan anytime with any question and if she doesn’t know the answer, she will find a resource that will help. We talk to each other regularly. I am so grateful for Peter’s response to my crazy idea of purchasing a whole herd and challenging me to take some time and seriously think about the questions he posed before I made any purchases. Meeting Peter and Susan Goodwin and purchasing my beautiful show quality animals from them has been rewarding and comforting. They care about animal husbandry and are committed to staying current in the best practices for raising superb alpacas. Thank you!
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Lori Tanner
Mike Braunschweiger
Thunder Mountain Acres