{"id":6,"date":"2015-04-28T12:11:07","date_gmt":"2015-04-28T12:11:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alpacatom.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=5"},"modified":"2018-01-11T16:56:41","modified_gmt":"2018-01-11T16:56:41","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/alpacatom.com\/?page_id=6","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-337\" src=\"http:\/\/alpacatom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Top-Knot-263x300.jpg\" alt=\"Top Knot\" width=\"263\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alpacatom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Top-Knot-263x300.jpg 263w, https:\/\/alpacatom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Top-Knot-768x877.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alpacatom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Top-Knot-897x1024.jpg 897w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 263px) 100vw, 263px\" \/>My experience of working with alpacas dates back to 2006, when I was introduced to shearing while working as a headman and animal handler. I was instantly captivated by the gentle nature of the alpacas and the art of shearing.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, I have traveled around the U.S. during shearing season, learning the craft while gaining valuable experience. In 2012 I started <a href=\"http:\/\/alpacatom.com\/\">AlpacaTom.com<\/a> Shearing. \u00a0I now travel with my own headman who is also trained in proper camelid handling techniques. Together we operate in a way which is easy on the animals, as well as the owners.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My experience of working with alpacas dates back to 2006, when I was introduced to shearing while working as a headman and animal handler. I was instantly captivated by the gentle nature of the alpacas and the art of shearing. Since then, I have traveled around the U.S. during shearing season, learning the craft while &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/alpacatom.com\/?page_id=6\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">About us<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alpacatom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alpacatom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alpacatom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpacatom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpacatom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/alpacatom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":339,"href":"https:\/\/alpacatom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6\/revisions\/339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alpacatom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}