It's been a long time since we've posted!!

It has been way too long since any of us have posted on this blog and there's so much that's happened since then that I don't know where to start to catch you up. Maybe I'll start with my Crias born this year.


My first was born on July 2nd. I was already upstate and right down the road from the farm when she was born. I was vacationing at my Brother and Sister in laws home, they are 2 minutes down the road from the farm. I was so happy to see a black girl when we first got there. Her name is Destiny and she was such a peanut when we first saw her. This my husband Tom holding her, the one that wants nothing to do with this business. lol

And this is her today! She's really a pretty girl and I can't wait to get all my crias to the shows next year. Her sire is Whistler's Peruvian Ebony King who is new to breeding so we'll see what he passed on to his crias in a few months.




My second born is a real cutie named Domino. He was born October 1st and he's very different looking. I just love all the spots on his face and under his body. It's hard to figure out what color he is in the pictures. He's actually a light rose gray! When you split his fleece all you see is gray and crimp, and lots of it!

He has such a cute face you just want to watch him all day. His Sire is Hollywood's Hilltop's Paparazzi and he has inherited his color and fleece from him for sure. Hopefully he becomes a champion like his dad!






Last but certainly not least my little girl Tiffany. Born on October 15th. Her Dam's name is Audrey Hepburn so I named her Breakfast at Tiffany's or Tiffany for short. She is a really nice dark brown color with black points. I'm so glad about that because I'm breeding for black and gray so if she had to be brown then the black points just made it that much better for me. Her sire is Captain Nemo well know for passing on his nice crimp on to his crias.




Okay that's it for now, talk to you soon!

Patty Ludwig

How this all began

It all started in May of 2007, a year after Michele & Rob from Rosehaven Alpacas moved their herd to their 40 acre property in the beautiful Catskills area in a town called Callicoon, upstate NY. I had just discovered alpacas on the internet a couple of months prior. I was vacationing at my brother in laws place up there for the weekend and little did I know that Rosehaven was 2 minutes down the road from his house.

One day we were at a local bar and restaurant called The Stone Arch. My brother in law Joe was talking to a gentleman who was sitting at the bar. Joe informed us that the gentleman was a stage manager on the show "The View" which we all thought that was very interesting. But what I found out on the way home was that Joe had actually made plans to bring the kids to his alpaca farm the next day. When I heard that I almost jumped out of my seat. I didn't tell anyone that I was becoming obsessed with the alpaca business.

I had been investigating the alpaca business on the internet every night since I discovered them in March 2007. That was all I thought about until I made my purchase from Rosehaven in January 2008. Michele took me under her wing and helped me through the decision process. She was always there when I needed her which was pretty much all the time. Now I'm an alpaca owner and starting my new business. I'm agisting (boarding) my alpacas on Rosehaven's farm which bring me to the reason why this blog exists.

Since I've joined Michele & Rob at Rosehaven, four more couples recently purchased alpacas from them and are agisting there also. So we all thought it would be cool to start an alpaca agisting blog. You will meet them all here as soon as they get their posts underway.

You will see a lot of interesting things between the five of us agisters and Michele & Rob. This should be very interesting!!!


I'll talk to you again soon.

Patty Ludwig
Alpacas in Harmony
alpacainharmony.com

PS... This is the alpaca love of my life Hannah.