Jude Anderson...

Jude is an ex-primary school teacher. She retired from teaching in 1995 to run the Pucara herd fulltime.

Jude has extensive judging credentials. She is an accredited Australian judge, and is also the only Australian accredited as a U.S. judge. As well Jude passed the inaugural International judging school held in Peru , 2000.

Jude is a past secretary of the Australian Alpaca Co-operative Ltd and has completed a wool classing certification. She was also a past vice president of the A.A.A. Western region.

Her judging experience has been extensive. It has included assignments in Canada , many times at the U.S.A's major shows, in New Zealand , and all over Australia. Jude judged the US National Show in 2003, 2004 and 2005, with over 1500 alpacas. She also judged the Aussie National 2004.

Jude is now running a herd breeding and selection consultancy in Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the U.S.