03/08/2024
What I genuinely appreciate about Clint Goodwin is that he is so incredibly selfless. He is willing to teach and help anyone willing to learn and put in the work even if it could be to his own detriment. Those are not just words on a screen but an applied principal in his everyday life. I was a self taught alpaca shearer and had been doing fine for years before I met Clint. Meeting him not only improved my skills but also brought me into a family! He is an amazing shearer, mentor and human, I am so thrilled to see him get some recognition for that ❤️
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“I started shearing in 1998 by attending the shearing school. I went home and did a few local small flocks. I come back here every year to the school and help teach others. I learn more by teaching then I do attending school. If you learn how to teach someone, you learn more each year. I have gone through advanced classes to get certified as a senior shearer. I am now shearing about 2,500 sheep and 1,000 lamas each year. That's all me, no hired help. My season starts in February and goes through July and I may pick up a few in the fall. Shearing is my main income, and I also have a hundred-acre farm, so I can be home the rest of the year to farm. I really enjoy what I do and I work with people all over the state who want to learn. I know that it could take income away from me the more people that are out there shearing, but the reward is in seeing other people get started. I just had a really nice day last week… I sheared 131 sheep in 9 hours, that was a good day.”
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