Spring is in the air!

Classes are now in session over at Rosehaven alpacas for us agister’s. On Saturday March 14th some of us got together at the farm to learn how to administer the alpacas monthly shots. Some were a little hesitant at first but in the end we all did very well at it. Unfortunately none of us thought to take pictures. Oh well, one Kodak moment lost!

But the following week on the 21st we got together again to work with the alpacas that will be going to the spring shows. Some will also be competing in performance. Laurie's does a great job with the help of Angela and Janet in the training area. Robin and I were getting our alpacas halter trained. And I must say the alpacas did very well.





We then decided to simulate a show with Michele and Rob acting as judges to give us all some experience in the ring. It was a fun filled and very productive day to say the least!

Until next time!

Patty Ludwig

alpacasinharmony.com

The Journey

We've all taken different roads to get to Rosehaven and we all bring special gifts to give and recieve from these animals. My attraction to them was inspired by seeing my sister, Judy, knitting with a fantastic soft yarn. So the research began and hardly a day passed without hours on the web learning. The next step was reading and finally visiting and listening and buying. I'll be at Rosehaven often since my goal is to train my alpacas, and anyone elses who is interested.
With nine years of dog agility in my profile I am really attracted to the performance classes of competition. Tomorrow we'll start some basic clicker training, combined with Tellington TTouch. At this point in my alpaca story I've been jumped on, kicked, spit at and ingnored. (and all that had nothing to do with training) The only thing that bothered me was being ignored. I'll let you know how tomorrow goes.

Laurie Sue Bakay
Crystal Glen Alpacas