Saturday, April 18, 2009

Tigers...

I shot these videos in practice this morning
For all the blog viewers who just come here to see tigers do tricks
This is Jai and Kali jumping the new hurdle made
In the arena with two new sections
Feels quite spacious




8 comments:

GaryHill said...

Glad to see you finished the new sections to the cage! I am sure the presention will be far better with the extra room?

Anonymous said...

Good job on the jumping. It will be interesting to know, when back on the road, what percent they do a clean jump and not tip the device. Dion

Casey McCoy Cainan said...

They definitely move faster with me further "off" them Gary. It will still be me working the act though, so presentation of showmanship will still be at a loss,,,HAHA

Casey McCoy Cainan said...

Dion,
I made the hurdle so that I can adjust it in 3 inch intervals, once a week. In this video it is set at 15 inches. Two cats have jumped it 7 times a day for 3 days now..thats...uh...42 jumps and it has yet to be knocked over. My plan at this point is to practice with the hurdle set 3 inches higher then the height I am using in the show, then raise it once a week.

Anonymous said...

Impressive record for sure.
Dion

Steve said...

So how high do reckon that they'll eventually get to?

All that work is paying off - these girls are going great.

Casey McCoy Cainan said...

Steve,
I am hoping to jump them over two cats standing side by side, so 36 inches high and about 24 inches. I still don't think that would even be scratching the surface of what a tiger is physically able to do though.

Ryan Easley said...

That's amazing... and very beautiful work! Thanks Casey for sharing and teaching. Can't wait to see it firsthand and hang out on the lot again!

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