2014 December : Amaretto Breedables Customer Connection

Archive for December, 2014

Final Twist in the Spotlight

Filed Under : All by Josie

Dec.18,2014

Today I wanted to shine my spotlight on the final edition of the monthly Twist’s. Starting back on November 5, 2013 you had your chance to get one of the very first Twists, the Duntique’s in the horses and the Schneagle’s in the K-9’s. This was the start of great fun each month! From waiting for the announcement of which 2 coats needed to be bred together, to waiting to see the new Twist Coats posted in chat when people started getting them!

Well as they say, all good things must come to an end and this month we announced this would be the last month for the Twists. To finish out such a fun monthly project it was announced that from December 5, 2014 until January 5, 2015 you could breed any color Shetland and any color Mystique to have a chance at the Twist called Shetique! Also from December 5, 2014 to January 5, 2015 you can breed any color Boxer and any color Mystique K9 to have a chance at getting the new Twist named Botique.

You still have plenty of time to get your appropriate coats together and get to breeding for one of these last and final Twist coats. As you can see below they are super-duper cute and well worth trying for! I’m sure many of you will miss trying for the Twists each month but as Josie said in her blog announcing that this was the final Twist, “Never fear, as always, we will have a new fun idea coming to you in the months to come.” So stay tuned!!

Check out that blog here:

http://amarettobreedables.com/connection/?p=8407

Until next time, Happy Breeding!

Getting your Horses in the Christmas Spirit!

Filed Under : All,Amaretto Events,Horse Information by maleficent Farshore

Dec.17,2014

I’m sure by now that most of you are already feeling the Christmas Spirit!! Well your horses can enjoy this Holiday Spirit too, and here’s how!!!!

First you need to make sure they are wide awake and ready to party. You can do this by giving them Amaretto Brand Endurance Elixir! This elixir comes in a beautiful bottle and is a one time use elixir, and will increase one of your horsesenergy by 10%. You can use the Endurance Elixir as many times as you wish, so you can make them wide awake and ready to party!!.

The elixir is sold in the following packs:

Amaretto Ranch Endurance Elixir Single (Boxed) L$ 200
Amaretto Ranch Endurance Elixir Five (Boxed) L$ 1000
Amaretto Ranch Endurance Elixir Ten (Boxed) L$ 2000

Second, most of us have a sweet tooth and really like all the awesome baked treats and candy that we eat during this Holiday time! Treat your horses to some Amaretto Brand Sugar Cubes!! These sugar cubes can only be given to a horse once in a 24 hour period, but they will love them. These sugar cubes will increase one of your horses happiness by 15%.

The Sugar Cubes are sold in the following packs

Sugar Cube Single (Boxed) L$ 200
Sugar Cube Five (Boxed)L$ 1000

Third, What party doesn’t serve Cocktails? Well the horses can have a cocktail too!! Their cocktail will increase energy, happiness and fervor by 5% and decrease hunger and thirst by 5%., of course they are only allowed one in a 24 hour period, so they don’t get to wild!!!! And check out the cocktail it actually looks like a good drink!!

The Cocktails are sold in the following packs:

Amaretto Cocktail Single (Boxed) L$ 500
Amaretto Cocktail Five (Boxed) L$ 2500

And Last, now that your horse is in that partying mood, you can slip her a Amaretto Ranch Passion Pill! This pill looks like a Blue Heart and that heart will make them more frisky feeling!! They can only have this pill once in a 24 hour period. This pill will increase your horses fervor by 10%.!

The Passion Pill is sold in the following packs:

Passion Pills Single (Boxed) L$ 248
Passion Pills Five (Boxed) L$ 1240
Passion Pills Twenty (Boxed) L$ 4960

Now lets get ready to give your horses the Holiday spirit and get the party started!!!

Speaking of Parties…….I am going to remind you all about the upcoming Ball by reposting Josie’s Blog here!!

Its time to trim the tree and deck the halls! That’s right its time for Amaretto’s Annual Christmas Party!
This year is the first year we are having an Amaretto Christmas Masquerade Ball!
This is a black tie affair and don’t forget those Masquerade masks!
The ball will start on December 19, 2014 at 4 PM SLT.
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Amaretto%20Ranch%20Horses/71/138/2000
We have scheduled Hogan Bailey to perform for the first hour and Avalon Crystal will dj the second hour.
There will be prize giveaways and a lot of fun to be had by all! Hope to see you at the Amaretto Christmas Masquerade Ball!

Until next time Happy Holidays!!!!

Our 2014 Holiday Editions are here!

Filed Under : All by Josie

Dec.16,2014

Happy Tuesday!! It’s that time of year again… the holidays!!! Well guess what that means… Our 2014 Holiday Editions are here! Yep, you heard right the 2014 Holiday Limited Edition Horses, 2014 Holiday Special Edition K9, and the 2014 Holiday Collector Edition Barnyard Birds have hit the grid and are available now until December 31st! Let me tell you about each one…

We have 4 2014 Holiday Limited Edition Horses…

The 2014 Holiday Horse Elf Shetland

Eye: Santa’s Elf

The 2014 Holiday Hollicorn

Eye: Holly Jolly

The 2014 Holiday Toy Soldier

Eye: Hark to the drum

The 2014 Holiday Wooden Rocking Horse Model

Eye: Shiny Black Paint

They come in the following pack sizes:

2014 Holiday Limited Edition Horses – Four Pack 1 of each coat, random gender $L 2,895

2014 Holiday Limited Edition Horses – Single Pack random coat and gender $L 795

These adorable Limited Edition horses have some magical hidden surprises in them that can come from any breeding!! The eyes do have the ability to pass but the coats do not pass. Also, be sure to have your sounds on… these cuties have some fun festive sounds when they prance around!!

There are 3 2014 Holiday Special Edition K-9s….

The 2014 Holiday K-9 – Toy Soldier Boxer

Eye: Hark to the drum

Collar: Golden

The 2014 Holiday K-9 – Spearmint Staffy

Eye: Green Candy Cane

Collar: Spearmint Scarf

The 2014 Holiday K-9 – Peppermint Puppy

Eye: Red Candy Cane

Collar: Peppermint Scarf

They come in the following pack sizes:

2014 Holiday Special Edition K-9s – 3 Pack 1 of each coat, random gender $L 1350

2014 Holiday Special Edition K-9s- Single Pack random coat and gender $L 495

These precious Special Edition K-9s have some fantastic hidden surprises in them that can come from any breeding!! The eyes do have the ability to pass and so does the Golden collar however, the scarves and the coats do not pass.

And last but not least, we have 2 Collector Edition Barnyard Birds.

The 2014 Holiday Barnyard Bird Elf

Eye: Santa’s Elf

The 2014 Holiday Barnyard Bird Snowman

Eye: Coal

They come in the following pack sizes:

2014 Holiday Collectors Edition – Elf Pack 1 Rooster 1 Hen $L 895

2014 Holiday Collectors Edition – Snowman Pack 1 Rooster 1 Hen $L 895

2014 Holiday Collectors Edition – Single Pack random breed and gender $L 495

These charming Collector Edition Barnyard Birds have some wonderful hidden surprises in them that can come from any breeding!! The eyes do have the ability to pass but the coats do not pass.

So get on down to any of our Amaretto locations to get yourself the 2014 Limited, Special, and Collector Editions!!

Brushing your horse!!!

Filed Under : All by Avalon Crystal

Dec.14,2014

Hey guys its a Super Sunday here at Amaretto Ranch!
I wanted to talk to you guys about something you may not know or have forgotten about.

Do you brush your horse?
Did you know that you can?
How about feed your horse an apple?

Thats right you can brush your horse or even feed it an apple and its already built in!!

This was a new feature added in version 3.5; you can now brush or feed your horse! If you want to use these animations click on which animation you want to use.

Click any horse then help, then from the next menu click HUD!

Depending on which animation you chose the HUD will send either a brush or apple to your inventory. You can right click and wear either of these objects straight from your inventory. Your avatar will then begin the animation of brushing or feeding your horse.

This is great for pictures or even role-play! You can change and or adjust animations by clicking on the brush or the apple you are wearing.

When you are ready to stop animating your avatar just remove or detach the apple or brush.

You can watch this video on how to use the brush or the apple that is built into your horse hud here:

http://amarettobreedables.com/videos/7/17/amaretto-horse-hud

So get to brushing and feeding those horses while your at it snap a pick and run over to the main store and drop it on a nc in the camera for you entry for the picture of the week!

Happy breeding everyone! This is Ava over and out!!

Amaretto Bull Riding Event

Filed Under : All by Josie

Dec.12,2014

Happy Friday Everyone ! Hope everyone is having a good breeding day !!
Today I want to tell you about Amaretto Bull Riding Event , If you were not there you missed a lot of fun !!
Black Bart was being mean today as he can be. Thanks to all the riders that came out an had fun with Amaretto !
Congratulations to the following winners :

1st Place :oODorotheaOo Resident

2nd Place: Dreams Simsider

3rd Place: FabryFlozZ72 Burt

I am including some pictures of todays event .

Until next week Happy Breeding !!

Spotlight on Suggestions

Filed Under : All by Josie

Dec.11,2014

Happy Thursday! I realized today that I only have a few Spotlights left before the end of the year and while I sat here thinking back over the past year of Spotlights I am excited for the new year and new spotlights to come in the year 2015.

With the new year quickly approaching I wanted to remind you all that you, the Community, are a very important part of Amaretto Breedables. We love to hear from you and the great suggestions you take the time to give us. We have suggestions boxes around at each of our store locations where you can drop in suggestions anytime you want.

You can find all the Amaretto locations anytime you want by checking this link:

http://amarettobreedables.com/pages/locations

We appreciate all of your ideas and suggestions and the time that you put into them. You never know when one of YOUR ideas might show up in the Amaretto Breedables so be sure to jot that next great idea down and drop it into one of the convenient suggestion boxes.

Dreaming of that next great trait or just have a project you’re working on that you think something would be perfect for, then drop that idea in the suggestion box and let us hear from you! I can’t wait to see what great ideas come from our amazing Amaretto Community in the upcoming year!

Until next time, Happy Breeding!!

Puppy Paradise!!!

Filed Under : All,K9 - Puppy Paradise by maleficent Farshore

Dec.10,2014

Do you have a k-9 or kennel that you would like to send to Puppy Paradise?

It is really simple to send your k-9 to Puppy Paradise, and you receive kennel cash back that you can use to buy some really awesome stuff!

Here is how you send your K-9 or kennel to Puppy Paradise.

Just click on any K-9/Kennel that you own, click on settings, then on Puppy Paradise and then confirm sending your K-9/Kennel to Puppy Paradise. Before you do that though you will see the point value of that K-9/ Kennel and a little notice that once a K-9 has been sent to Puppy Paradise it cannot be reversed.

***** WARNING******
ONCE A K-9 IS SENT TO PUPPY PARADISE IT IS UNRECOVERABLE
********************

You have to accept to send a K-9/Kennel to Puppy Paradise, therefore it cannot be reversed. So please make very sure this is something you really want to do. Even if it’s done by mistake it cannot be undone. So please be careful!

Below is a chart that shows the amount of Kennel cash you get for the ages of the K-9

0-10= 100 Kennel Cash
11-20=200 Kennel Cash
21-30=300 Kennel Cash
31-40=400 Kennel Cash
41-50=500 Kennel Cash
51-60=600 Kennel Cash
61-70=700 Kennel Cash
71-80=800 Kennel Cash
81-90=900 Kennel Cash
91-100=1000 Kennel Cash
101-110=1100 Kennel Cash
111-119=1200 Kennel Cash
120-125=1300 Kennel Cash
126 and older (Retired K-9s): 1400 Kennel Cash

You also get kennel cash for the following traits on each K-9 or Kennel

non-starter coats 100
non-starter eyes 100
Sheen (high or low) 100
Sheen Null 100
Radiance (high or low) 100
Radiance Null 100
non-starter ear 100
non-starter size 100
non-starter collar 100
Tint (Sunrise or Sunset) 100
Sunrise Null or Sunset Null 100
non-starter tail 100
non-starter nose 100
Gloom 100
Paw Polish 100

Now that we have some cash in our pockets, Lets go and buy some of the awesome things from the Puppy Paradise vendor!!

Paradise Puppy Dalmatian 250,000
Fu K-9s 250,000
Amaretto Brand K-9 Pet Kibble & Water/Four Pack (Box) 16,000
Amaretto Brand K-9 Mega Woof Vitamins Single (Box) 10,000
Amaretto Brand K-9 Puppy Love Pill Single (Box) 8,000
Amaretto Brand K-9 Vaccination Single (Box) 6,000
Amaretto Brand K-9 Zing (K-9 Cola) Single (Box) 4,000
Amaretto Brand K-9 Rawhide Lollipop Single (Box) 4,000
Amaretto Brand K-9 Treats Five (Box) 4,000

If you wish to purchase an item, all you do is click on the board or box and you will receive a drop down menu asking you to confirm your purchase and the point cost. Once you confirm this purchase your order will be sent to you in world!!

Well now our shopping for today is done!! Have a great week, and Happy Breeding!!

Sick Updating!

Filed Under : All by Avalon Crystal

Dec.9,2014

Hey everyone its another terrific Tuesday here on the ranch! I hope you are enjoying your week and the hustle and bustle of the holidays haven’t gotten to bad for any of you.

I wanted to talk to you guys for a minute and remind everyone about the sick updater and exactly what it does and how it works.

This updater will only update sick horses that are version 4.0 or bellow. It WILL NOT update sick horses that are version 5.0 or higher. When horses are updated with the Amaretto SICK Horse Updater 5.0 they will remain sick but will be the current version. Please read instructions below.

Something’s you need to know about the updater:

1. It will not work if there is more than one updater out. It gives you a message that there are 2 updaters out please remove one. If you continue to try and update your horse it will give you another error message and have you pick one updater up and reset the other. (Touch and wait 5 seconds to reset)

2. It will not update pregnant horses.

3. The updater will not work on sims with a high load. Dilation needs to be above .65 and region fps must be above 25 for the updater to work. You will get an error message that says the sim dilation is too low, we have enclosed a sim monitor that will display these values for you. Just rez on your sim next to the updater.

Update Instructions:
Place the updater near the horse that is sick but isn’t updated and click the horse then click the update button. The horse will be updated and the settings will be the same as before the update process. ***DO NOT PICK UP HORSES OR THE UPDATER UNTIL IT HAS COMPLETED THE UPDATE PROCESS***

If you have a horse that will not update with the sick updater and is version 5.0 or lower and sick please file a ticket and we will help you with the update process.

Remember your horses will still be sick just now version 5.0!

I hope you all have a awesome week of breeding and a great week! This is Ava over and out!! Happy Breeding Everyone!!

And The Winner’s Are…

Filed Under : All by Josie

Dec.6,2014

Happy Saturday Amaretto community! I wanted to take a moment to recognize and congratulate all the winners of the Amaretto Christmas Candyland breedables costume and display contest!! Everyone put so much hard work and effort in to their displays and it really showed!!

I first want to thank all of our contestants!

Display 1 Salome Breil
Display 2 Zain Darkwatch and Pink Josephina
Display 3 Adelle Folland
Display 4 Saphireroz mahogany
Display 5 Juggalow Foehammer
Display 6 McPhol Resident
Display 7 StarellanDMoonlight Resident
Display 8 Cordelia Chrome
Display 9 Mami Deerhunter
Display 10 Snookiegirl Resident
Display 11 Zev Luv
Display 12 Anaconda Carter
Display 13 Betta Zepp
Display 14 Cara Martini
Display 15 Lisabella lane
Display 16 Yahemin Zamora
Display 0 KIKIN0U Resident
Display 00 Diamond Valeska

And our winners were….

First Place – Display #7 StarellanDMoonlight Resident

Second Place – (it was a tie) Display #8 Cordelia Chrome and Display #0 KIKIN0U Resident

Third Place – Display #2 Zain Darkwatch and Pink Josephina

The costume/display contests are always so much fun! This one turned out amazing. The skills and creativity of our breeders is astonishing!

Speaking of costumes… don’t forget those Masquerade masks! Its time to trim the tree and deck the halls! That’s right its time for Amaretto’s Annual Christmas Party! This year is the first year we are having an Amaretto Christmas Masquerade Ball! This is a black tie affair to remember!!

The ball will start on December 19, 2014 at 4 PM SLT.

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Amaretto%20Ranch%20Horses/71/138/2000

We have scheduled Hogan Bailey to perform for the first hour and Avalon Crystal will dj the second hour.

There will be prize giveaways and a lot of fun to be had by all! Hope to see you at the Amaretto Christmas Masquerade Ball!

Merry Christmas and Happy Breeding!!

Until Next Time….

Need Amaretto Information ?

Filed Under : All by Josie

Dec.5,2014

Happy Friday Everyone !!! Hope everyone is having a good breeding day !!

Today I want to touch on how to find information about Amaretto Breedables.

Amaretto has plenty of sites for you to check out !

Amaretto Network site this is where you can go for Advertising, Questions and Answers, Albums, Groups, ARU Website, Blogs, Forums, Help, Support, Connections , also Amaretto Shop.
http://amarettobreedables.com/

The ARU Calendar is listed on this website this is where you can see what classes are for the month.
http://amarettobreedables.com/pages/ARUCalendar

The Amaretto Events Calendar is on this website which you can see all the events listed for the month.
http://amarettobreedables.com/pages/calendar

The Amaretto Connection
This is what are are reading now Amaretto Staff posts a new connection everyday.
http://amarettobreedables.com/connection/

The Amaretto Forums
This is where you can post and alot of information here.
http://www.amarettobreedables.com/forums

Stores Locations
http://amarettobreedables.com/pages/locations

The Amaretto Wiki
This is the main page for Amaretto Horses alot of information on traits with pictures.
http://wiki.amarettobreedables.com/index.php?title=Main_Page
This is the Amaretto K-9 Wiki web site with traits an information on K-9s
http://wiki2.amarettobreedables.com/index.php?title=Main_Page
This is the Amaretto Barnyard Bird Wiki site with information on traits.
http://wiki3.amarettobreedables.com/index.php?title=Main_Page
I hope this information helps you with your Amaretto needs.

Until next week Happy Breeding!