Amaretto Breedables Customer Connection

Hey guys its your favorite Avalon here! I am soooooo very excited to tell you about a big secret!
Amaretto is hosting an Amaretto Summer Fest!!!!

Let’s get this summer started with our first Summer Festival!! Two sims full of fun starting June 21, 2015 thru June 28, 2015. Below are some of the exciting things coming to this Summer Fest:

**Introducing the first two in a series of OOAK horses, K-9s and Birds; “7 Deadly Sins and 7 Heavenly Virtues”. Thanks to a suggestion by one of our awesome breeders we will be releasing 2 horses, 2 K-9s and 2 Barnyard Bird OOAKs to be auctioned off at the Summer Fest!! (June 26, 2015 @ 1pm slt)

** 9 “Create your own…” and a 25 Pack of Forever Foals, Perpetual Puppies, and Beloved Birds, to be auctioned off at the Festival. Create your own Horse Coat, Create your own K-9 Coat, Create your own Birds Breed, Create your own Horse Eye, Create your own K-9 Eye, Create your own Bird Eye, Create your own Horse Branding, Create your own K9 Collar, and Create your own Bird Leg. Wow, can’t wait to see what the winners will create!! (June 26, 2015 @ 1pm slt)

** Shops available for breeders to show off their Amaretto Breedable projects. 20 shops to rent for 1L per week (Will be refunded). The sims will open June 17, 2015 so breeders can come rent their spots and set up before opening day June 21, 2015.

Rules for Amaretto Summer Festival Exhibitor:

1. NO SALES!! This spot is to show off your Amaretto Breedables/projects only, no items for sale.

2. You CAN have Landmarks to your sales stalls but no auto invites or givers, the patron must choose to receive these items.

3. All animations, movement and sounds are to be off.

4. Must have adequate food/consumables for your breedables. (set to owner only)

5. No high scripted items such as poofers, moving/rotating prims, animated textures etc.

6. No over sized items in or around your spot.

Please keep your items on the deck or in the shop you have rented. We have allowed 200 prims per shop, please keep to that amount or less. Lets have fun and show off our beautiful babies!!

**Live entertainment and rides for some extra fun!!
Maximillion Kleene June 21, 2015 @ 11am slt
Parker Static June 23, 2015 @ 6:30pm slt
AMFORTE Clarity June 25, 2015 @ 3pm slt
Dj Ava Closing Party June 28, 2015 @ 5pm slt

**Community Meeting with Amaretto Staff June 24, 2015 @ 3pm slt

So keep your eyes out for more information to come!! See you all at the festival!!
I know thats a lot of exciting news and a lot of first for Amaretto so please spread the word and we are going to have a blast all week with live entertainment and events!!

This is Ava over and out! Happy breeding everyone!

Double Points Weekend!! That’s right, beginning right now any Horse sent to Horse Haven, any K-9 sent to Puppy Paradise and any Bird sent to Sanctuary will receive Double Points!
If you are purchasing horses, K-9s, birds, bundles, kennels and nests to send to Horse Haven/Puppy Paradise/Bird Sanctuary please remember that you MUST rerez them so that you will get the points and not the person who previously owned the item!

The double Horse Haven/Puppy Paradise/Bird Sanctuary points will end Monday, June 1st at 10 am SLT. So after June 1st at 10 am SLT normal points will resume. You can check your Haven Points, Kennel Cash, and Henny Pennies at any Amaretto location by using the balance inquiry button or by going to the Haven sim and clicking either the giant chess piece, the mail box or the giant chicken. Please be sure when you are using the vendors that you are choosing the correct Haven/Puppy Paradise/Bird Sanctuary item as returns and exchanges will NOT be given.

We have some other exciting news for our breeders too…

Starting Friday, May 29, 2015 at all Horse Haven vendors you will find the new Safari Edition Haven Horses!! The Safari Edition Haven Horses come in 4 different coats: Giraffe, Tiger, Leopard and Gazelle. These come random coat and random gender. The coats DO NOT have the ability to pass but the upright long mane DOES have the ability to pass as well as the beautiful coordinating eyes. Remember when you breed a Horse Haven Horse (whether it is with another Horse Haven Horse or any other horse) you DO have an increased chance at receiving a random Charmed Horse. But wait theres more!! If you breed these Safari Edition Haven Horses with ANY winged horse you have a chance at a brand new wing that only comes from these Safari Edition Haven Horses.

We also have our very first Sanctuary Bird!! Starting Friday, May 29, 2015 at all Bird Sanctuary vendors you will find the first ever Sanctuary Bird – Wind it Up!! These Sanctuary birds come in a Rooster or Hen nest and random starter eyes. The Wind it Up breed DOES NOT have the ability to pass but it does work like a senior and Exotic bird in that it gives a slight boost to vivacity to birds with in its range.

We will have an all new Paradise Puppy very soon 😉

Have a great weekend and happy breeding!!

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

This week i had the pleasure of interviewing phantom309 Magic. He is in the group often so give him a big hello when you see him. Hope you enjoy reading about phantom309 Magic

Please tell the community a little about yourself. Where you are from and what brought you to Second Life?
Well I`m In The Uk from a city called Bradford West Yorkshire
came to Sl in 2006 but then wasn’t that happy with it I returned in 2008 and loved it. lol
Which Amaretto Breedables do you own?
Amaretto Horses

How did you get started in breedables?
2010

*Do you own other breedables besides Amaretto?
Dwarfins

*What special projects are you working on right now with your Amaretto Horses?
Trying to add Wings, Null traits to my Crazed Walkers

What is your favorite Amaretto Breedable ?
Love The Crazed Walkers as i have all the colors in them plus i have a few crazed Sorrels, and 1 crazed Appaloosa and 1 Crazed Clydesdale

What are some other things that you enjoy doing in Second Life when you’re not taking care of your breedables?
Making new friends, Helping others out if i can in the group.

I have included some pictures of phantom309 Magic special Amaretto Horses .

So there you go !! Thank you phantom309 Magic for letting me interview you this week :).

Until next week Happy Breeding !!!

Hey Hey Hey! It’s Thursday!!! That means it’s time for me to shine my Spotlight on a topic weighing heavily on the mind of the Community…… next month’s Crazed!!!

Crazed Coats for the month of June are ……….. Spotted Rocky Mountains and Yorkies!!!

From June 5, 2015 to July 5, 2015, if you breed ANY Spotted Rocky Mountain coats together you have a chance at getting a Crazed Coat Spotted Rocky Mountain!! Remember these all come with a gorgeous new eye that has the ability to pass.

Also from June 5, 2015 to July 5, 2015, for the K-9 breeders, if you breed ANYYorkie coats together you have a chance at getting a Crazed Coat Yorkie!!  Remember these all come with a beautiful new eye and collar that has the ability to pass.

There you have it!! Let the birthing commence!! Grab those bundles and kennels and get ready for another exciting month of Crazed breeding!!

Until next time, Happy breeding!

This past Sunday I attended a Barnyard Bird Auction at Clear Springs Ranch. This is a beautiful market owned by Axyl Wylde and Zalestra Wylde..This Auction is held every Sunday at 4:00 pm (slt) Desperada was the auctioneer and there was lots of beautiful birds at this Auction! She has been doing auctions for over 3 years.This auction was at a steady pace , with lots of laughter included. At the end of the auction they had a several fish bowl drawings for some really awesome birds.

Auction Schedules at Clear Springs Ranch:

Horse Auction:
MON-FR @12PM w/Axyl
SATURDAY @12PM w/Desperada
DAILY DROP AUCTION @4PM w/Desperada MON – FRI
Sunday Drop Auction @10 AM w/Desperada

K9 Auction:
every other Sat @1pm (we alternate with Avalon)
She has it one Saturday and then I have it the next. Axyl Calls the K9 auction. There are schedule boards at MyPets and at Clear Springs Ranch K9 auction areas announcing where the auction will be each weekend.

Barnyard Bird Auction
every Sunday @ 4pm

Horse Auction Rules:
2 panels per person
500L Minimum Bids
One drop allowed, No Proxy
No NCs needed!
2 items per panel
50L RAFFLE
FISHBOWL PRIZES

K9 Auction Rules:
1 panel per person
300L Minimum Bids
One drop allowed, No Proxy
No NCs needed!
2 items per panel
FISHBOWL PRIZES

Barnyard Bird Auction Rules
2 Panels Per Person
2 birds or nest per panel
300 Min Bid
FISHBOWL PRIZES

After the Auctions, check out this awesome market for more great deals, and don’t forget to stop at the Amaretto Horse Store for all your horses needs

Amaretto Store Location
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Leiris/231/138/22

Hey everyone its Tuesday and that means you get tid bits from Ava! I know you could hardly wait!

I wanted to talk to everyone about something really cool that I do every week that would give you a chance to win some awesome FREE Amaretto products!

Every Wednesday I pick a picture of the week!
Who can enter? ANYONE!
What can it be a picture of? ANY AMARETTO BREEDABLE AND YOU!
Can it be edited ? YES!
Can I enter every week? YES!
Can you win more than once ? YES!
Is it only for horses? NO! Barnyard Birds and K-9’s welcome too!

HOW DO I ENTER??

Well I never thought you would ask! Just simply place your full perm picture in a notecard with your name on it! Take that note card to any main store or haven sim and drag and drop it in the camera!

Horse Main Store
Every Wednesday around 2 PM SLT I collect all photos and choose the winner!
You can win free Amaretto products for your Horses, K-9’s, or Barnyard Birds!!

I also post your photo on the front page of the Amaretto Website, place on the billboard at the main store, and on the Amaretto Facebook!

Your photo will also be placed in the forums under the Picture of the week!
Check out all our past winners here:

Picture of the Week!

Now I know most of you don’t like FREE stuff but some of you will, so get to taking those pictures and you may be tomorrows winner!!!!

This is Ava over and out, Happy breeding to all my Amaretto Friends!!

Happy Sunday Amaretto breeders! Do you have suggestions for us? Well today I want to take a minute to tell you all about the ways we have for sending a suggestion in to Amaretto! Take a look below for all the details…

Amaretto Suggestion Boxes:

The suggestion  boxes are available at all Amaretto Ranch Breedable store locations! The suggestion box is checked on a daily basis. All suggestions are reviewed by the owners and management. We value your suggestions and comments and although all of you suggestions are seen, they may not all be used.

To submit a suggestion using the suggestion boxes:

Create a new notecard

Title the notecard as follows… Suggestion from (SL name)

Put your suggestion in the notecard and save it

Drag and drop the notecard in to the suggestion mail box

File a Suggestion Ticket:

Another great way to get a suggestion over to Amaretto is to file a suggestion ticket. Just like a suggestion submitted through the suggestion boxes in world, all suggestions are reviewed by the owners and management. Again, we do value your suggestions and comments and although all of you suggestions are seen, they may not all be used.

To submit a suggestion using the support system:

Log in to the Amaretto support website http://support.amarettobreedables.com

Once logged in you will select Submit A Ticket

Then you will select the Suggestions/Questions Department and select the Next button

You will then put your suggestion in the Message details area of the ticket and click the Submit Button at the bottom when you are done

Happy Friday everyone! Guess what?! It’s here… The Barnyard Bird update 2.0 is here!! This is a MANDATORY Barnyard Bird update. Please read this Customer Connection and all notecards included with the MANDATORY 2.0 updater in world because most of your question can be answered in them. First let me take a moment to tell you all about the fixes and changes.

Fixes:

1. Fixed shades showing on birds.
2. Fixed settings being changed when updated.
3. Fixed companion showing in hover text.
4. Fixed Robo Bird blue prim.

Changes:

1. **Added ALL NEW FOOD AND CONSUMABLES** (See notecard ***ALL NEW AMARETTO FOOD AND CONSUMABLES INFORMATION***BIRDS included in updater box for more information)
2. Added new product “Beloved Bird” to make your bird a pet.
3. Added new products “Hefty Mix Pack”, “Barley Bird Diet Hefty Pack (25)” and “Orange Rinds Hefty Pack (25)”.
4. Added Vivacity Corn Single (Boxed) to the sanctuary vendors.
5. Can now update your incubator no need to get new one for each update (This will be effective in future updates >2.0)

Somethings you need to know about the updater:

**IF THE BULK UPDATER DOESN’T UPDATE ALL YOUR BIRDS, RE-REZ THE BIRD AND TRY IT AGAIN, YOU MAY ALSO USE THE SINGLE UPDATER FOR BIRDS THE BULK UPDATER DOES NOT UPDATE**

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 bird 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. 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:

Single Updater: Place the updater near the bird that isn’t updated and click the bird and click the update button. The bird will be updated and the settings will be the same as before the update process. ***DO NOT PICK UP BIRDS OR THE UPDATER UNTIL IT HAS COMPLETED THE UPDATE PROCESS***

Bulk Updater: Place the bulk updater in the middle of your bird breeding area, click the updater and adjust the settings you want your birds to be set to after the update process, then click the update birds button on the updater menu. Do not remove the updater until it has completed updating all birds and the hover text above the updater reads FINISHED. ***DO NOT PICK UP BIRDS OR THE UPDATER UNTIL IT HAS COMPLETED THE UPDATE PROCESS***

Updaters can also be found at all of the Barnyard Bird store locations:

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Amaretto%20Barnyard%20Birds/110/52/25

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/The%20Ancient%20Isle/176/66/22

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/myPets/230/155/22

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Orgasmic%20Country/51/214/22

With v2.0, Amaretto has implemented all new food and consumables that have safety protocols. This was done to protect Amaretto as well as the community. Below are some F.A.Q. regarding the new food and consumables.

Q: Will older version birds use the new food and consumables?

A: No. The new food and consumables will only work with v2.0 and higher. Older version birds MUST be updated to use the new food and consumables.

Q: Will v2.0 birds use the old food and consumables?

A: No. Only older version birds will use the old food and consumables.

Q: I just purchased the old food/consumables, can I exchange it for new food/consumables?

A: Yes. We will be exchanging old food/consumables for new food/consumables purchased one month before the update. So if you purchased old food/consumables from April 22, 2015 until May 22, 2015, you can file a support ticket with transaction history and we will send new food/consumables to you in world.

Q: What safety protocols were added to the new food/consumables?

A: Although I can not go into great detail, I can tell you that the new food/consumables are recorded on our servers when purchased and now have a UUID just as the birds/nests do. When a breeder purchases food/consumables a “count” is added which only allows the breeder to rez that specific amount. Because of this, they can no longer be copied due to roll backs and will break if this is attempted.

Q: Have the permissions on the food/consumables changed?

A: No. The new food and consumables are still no copy/no mod/no trans.

We also have some more exciting news… Effective May 22, 2015 Amaretto has lowered their food prices by 10% on each pack. New prices for the food packs are as follows:

Barley Bird Diet Single (Boxed) 108 L

Barley Bird Diet Six (Boxed) 630 L

Barley Bird Diet Twelve (Boxed) 1242 L

Barley Bird Diet Hefty Pack (25 Boxed) 2430 L

Orange Rinds Single (Boxed) 115 L

Orange Rinds Six (Boxed) 640 L

Orange Rinds Twelve (Boxed) 1250 L

Orange Rinds Hefty Pack (25 Boxed) 2520 L

Hefty Mix Pack (Boxed) 4680 L

25 Barley 25 Orange Rinds

Pet Pellets Single (Boxed) 63 L

Pet Pellets Six (Boxed) 333 L

Pet Pellets Twelve (Boxed) 630 L

Limited Edition Candy Corn Pack Birds (Boxed) 1270 L

6 Barley 6 Orange Rinds

Limited Edition Caramel Apple Pack Birds (Boxed) 1270 L

6 Barley 6 Orange Rinds

Amaretto Collectors Edition – Thanksgiving Pack (Boxed) 1270 L

6 Barley 6 Orange Rinds

Amaretto Collectors Edition – Making Whoopie Pack(Boxed) 1270 L

6 Barley 6 Orange Rinds

Check out the awesome new look of the Barnyard Bird consumables!!

***IMPORTANT NOTE***MANDATORY UPDATE******IMPORTANT NOTE***MANDATORY UPDATE******
AFTER FRIDAY JUNE 5, 2015 WE WILL NO LONGER PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR BARNYARD BIRDS THAT ARE NOT v2.0***BIRDS MUST BE UPDATED TO V2.0 TO FUNCTION PROPERLY!

Happy Thursday!! Today’s Spotlight is on May’s super-duper beautiful Crazed Pinto and Crazed Wolves.  I hope you all love the Crazed as much as I do!!!

Beginning on May 5, 2015 until June 5, 2015 you can breed any color Pinto horses together for the chance of getting one of the Crazed Coat Pinto.  The Crazed Coats all come with the Rainbow Sherbet eye which is gorgeous! The coats all have cute names too!

Bubble Gum Crazed Coat Pinto

Juicy Grape Crazed Coat Pinto

Lemon Lime Crazed Coat Pinto

Mango Melon Crazed Coat Pinto

Mixed Berry Crazed Coat Pinto

Pink Lemonade Crazed Coat Pinto

Also on this same time frame, May 5, 2015 until June 5, 2015 you can breed any color Wolves together for the chance of getting one of the Crazed Coat Wolves.  The Crazed Coat Wolves all come with one of 2 awesome eyes: Moon and Stars – Onyx or Moon and Stars – Blanco eye and the one of 2 awesome collars: Moon and Stars – Onyx or Moon and Stars – Blanco.  The coats on these also have cute names!

Blue Berry Crazed Coat Wolf

Basil Crazed Coat Wolf

Marmalade Crazed Coat Wolf

Mulberry Crazed Coat Wolf

Juicy Grape Crazed Coat Wolf

Black Cherry Crazed Coat Wolf

The best part about the Crazed Coats is that with the horses the coat and eye DOES have the ability to pass and with the Crazed Coats in the K9s the coat, eye and collar DOES have the ability to pass!

If you haven’t got a Crazed yet don’t give up keep trying! Also, watch notices in the following days for the announcement of the next Crazed!  Until next time, Happy breeding!

Today was the first A.R.U. Graduation Class for 2015! There were 20 people that have completed all 39 classes and were ready to graduate. All of the graduates received a certificate and a one of a kind 2015 Graduation Spotted A.R.U. – Red or 2015 Graduation Spotted A.R.U. – Black Horse. It has a class of 2015 eye and Wing: Amaretto. Both the eyes and wings have the ability to pass!

Phebee Wrigglesworth
AnastasiaGothly Resident
Basa (greenway.avril)
Lαdץ Cんяiss 丂єץץαℓ (christiana1 Resident)
Akasha Rhapsody (monia63.dirval)
Radiel Paulse
ŞTღЯЯ ßღßŷ (starrlina.lionheart)
MasterViking Resident
Vampre Gothly
SomeAssemblyRequired Resident
Critterqueen Resident
ღGypsyღ (Gypsy64093 Resident)
Mιcια Dєиιмσяє (micia Pearl)
ƬƖƛ ƊЄƇƠƦƛȤƠƝ (tialdamania)
LoveBites Snowpaw)
Ashra Lang
oODorotheaOo Resident
Sylvia Ashbourne
Eve Andel (Eve Greymoon)
Sinazter (sinazter Resident)

After the ceremony, there was lots of dancing and trivia fun with prizes

Congrats to all those graduating, I will miss you in class!!
Start your classes now and be part of the next graduating class!!

Learn all about your Amaretto Breedables
Mark your calendars, A.R.U classes are Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, 9:00 am (slt) and 5:00 pm (slt) !!!! Attend them and start completing them all and get your diploma!

Here’s the site for classes!

http://amarettobreedables.com/pages/ARUCalendar