What is A Certified Shearer?

A certified shearer has attended a training course at an American Sheep Industry (ASI) shearing school that teaches the New Zealand method of shearing. This method was developed with modern shearing gear to be efficient and as gentle as possible on the animals while maintaining fleece quality.

In California, a week long intensive shearing training is offered by UC Davis and the Mendocino Ag advisor, John Harper. This is an ASI certified class and teaches the basic equipment and techniques of shearing. This class offers a thorough introduction, yet shearing, like many art forms, is a practice which requires the action of experience and actually shearing sheep.

All our shearers have attended this course and are certified. Jordan Reed is a senior level shearer .  Senior level refers to being able to shear 100+ sheep in a day.   K.Ruby is a Jr. level shearer on sheep (under 100 per day) and specializes on alpacas and llamas where there are no international shearing standards.