For Bjorn Krebbers--Practice 3/23/2011

I got a nice email a while back from Bjorn inquiring about how the new act was coming along. It is coming along great. I think this will probably be the most enjoyable act I have ever had the pleasure and thrill of training. For the third time In my life(first time was Raul Rodrigues liberty ponies, and the second time was GGW tiger act on Ringling) I have been given anything and everything I have requested, which is as it should be. 10 males and 6 females, no junk from somebody else, just pure untouched animals. In the past I have stated that Irvin Feld and Paul Kaye were the best, most honest, fairest producer's I had ever worked with. It's ironic, but now late in my career I have to make the list 3 and add Ricardo Aguilar to it. He has the rare ability as did Irvin Feld and Paul Kaye of instilling in you such a great sense of pride, that you want to do things for them, even if it seems impossible. No demands, just requests. Rare in Show Business.

We attempted to take pictures of all 16 tigers on their seat's but in order to get all of them, Armando had to go clear to the top of the tent and shoot from the top seat making a cell phone picture pretty lousy. Sorry for that, but it was an attempt. Some day possibly someone will wander in with a good camera and have the time to take pictures. I have never taken but a few pictures of training in the past, as it has never been important in the over all scheme of things, plus you are just too busy training to take the time to photograph. When it is done there is a thing called a "publicity picture." That's when the time is taken to photograph it in it's best light.