ANIMALS AT NATIONAL THEATRE LONDON

The mini farm visited The national Theatre in London, it was the first time they have ever had live animals. it was to help promote the play "WAR HORSE"

REINDEER AT NHS DERBY

Humbug an Holly visit patients at Derby hospital.

CAMEL VISITS CHIPPING SODBURY

Joe took a trip down to visit Chipping Sodbury this week. He was part of a parade and helped draw people to the crip display being held in the town church.

REINDEER AT CHARITY BALL

Denise and Tim arrive to the ball on a sleigh pulled by reindeer, if you look closely you will see that one of Thor's antlers has fallen off. He donated it to the charity auction and it raised £300.

A grand prize auction helped to raise more than £50,000 at the bash, after an emotional speech from Rochdale mum Karen Johnson who started the Gem Appeal to fund research into genetic and metabolic disorders after her family's own heartbreaking plight with her two sons Simon and Mike Hoather victims of the genetic disease Hunter Syndrome.

EVER WOKE UP NEXT TO A PIG?

FIZZ was a little star on the set of Never Mind The Buzzcock's. mind you he will do anythinmg for pizza... Thanks Fizz good work.

KATIE PRICE PHOTO CALL

Katie Price launches her new book aided by reindeer Nicholas and Humbug.

REINDEER SEASON BEGINS

Barratt homes enjoyed a visit from Santa and his reindeer to mark the launch of a new phase at one of their popular new homes site. It's great to get out with the reindeer again, Barry also named one of our newest recruits "Angel" who was immaculately behaved.

RESCUE REINDEER MAKES FULL RECOVERY

I rescued this reindeer last year. He didn't even have the strength to stand when we found him, and had the worst case of fly strike i've ever seen in a deer. After weeks of daily care and attention, then a whole year of training he's now back to full strength and ready to go out on shows. I'm so proud of him. :) Nath

RED HENS FOR SIGHTSEERS

Had a great time on the set of Sightseers the crew were fantastic and really made us feel welcome. had fun trying to keep the chickens from running off :)

BRITAIN AND IRELANDS NEXT TOP MODEL FINAL

The Animal Company supply huskies for the final of Britain and Ireland's next top model. The two final contestants had to walk the dogs down the catwalk during the final. Looked amazing and the dogs were great given the noise and flash photography.

Alpaca on RUDE TUBE

Zag meets Alex on the set of Rude Tube. Its the first time that Zag has been played like the bag pipes!!!

REINDEER AND SLEIGH HIRE

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RED SHEEP ON TV SOON

RED v's BLACK sheep airs soon. see images

STELLA McCARTNEY SUMMER PARTY

Stella McCartney's children's range held an exclusive children's wear party in London for the new range. The animal company supplied Two lovely ponies for rides for over 50 lucky children.

HOUNDS IN LONDON

Thanks to Simon from the Essex Hunt for assisting in a recent photoshoot in London. The hounds were great and I can't wait to see the finished product!!

ITV - RED V's BLACK

The animal company team supplying one of the games for Simon Cowells new TV show Red versus Black, presented by Ant and Dec.

GIZZI ERSKINE AND PICKLE THE PIG

Pickle goes for a walk with Gizzi in Regents Park! Just your average Saturday morning stroll.......

LEAD BALLOON - COLLIN THE PIG

Collin the pig is a star!! He was so good on Lead Ballon.....

BABY REINDEER BORN

This week we have had the arrival of our first baby reindeer. Holly is very pleased with herself and her new arrival!!

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GOATS IN LONDON

Capricorn goats cheese visit London. The goats were very good, even trying out the tube and bus!! www.animalco.co.uk

RACE COURSE PONY RIDES

Fantastic weekend for the races!! And if your over 2yrs old a pony ride too :) Over 200 pony rides this weekend, good job we took Four ponies :)

SHOPPING CENTRE LONDON

Had a great day with the animals, with hundreds of visitors to the farm.

CARTOON NETWORK SHOOT

Had a great time shooting a new music video for Cartoon Network this week in London. 30 rabbits and 10 chicks featured as part of an easter themed vid. Easter is coming!!!!!!!!!!!!!

MICE IN SELFRIDGES!!!

Roel de Boer - Dutch artist had an exhibition at Selfridges this week, in which we featured our mice.

DISNEY RE-LAUNCH BAMBI DVD

Disney launched the new bambi DVD at BFI Southbank today. The Animal Company took rabbits and loads of children got the chance to stroke and pet them. Even got a free copy :) Thanks Disney...

CAMEL TRAINING DAY

Had a great day training the camels today. Dubia News also visited in the morning to film a feature, then BBC radio Derby in the afternoon carried out an interview which will go out Thursday 1pm to 4pm. The camels are now kooshing and taking a saddle!! Yesssss...:)

Reindeer and Santa in Preston

CAMELS TRAVEL TO FOLKSTONE

Three Kings visited Folkstone for the annual show. www.animalco.co.uk

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KEVIN PIETERSON FINAL EDIT

BRYLCREAM SHOOT WITH KEVIN PETERSON

Animalco supply horse and handler for Brylcream shoot.

Reindeer spend a day at the Races

Reindeer visit a local racecourse for the opening of their Christmas Grotto.

CREEPY CRAWLY EVENTS

This year we attended over 9 events over the Halloween weekend, snakes, spiders, rats and other creepy animals featured.

Mulberry Photoshoot

Today Charlotte and Ben took Sally and her Piglets to London for a photo shoot for handbag brand Mulberry. The magazine advert will be released in January.

The piglets performed very well once they settled in.

TESCO PHOTO SHOOT FOR SPRING COLLECTION

Tesco hired rabbits from the Animal Company for the 2010 season back to school advertising campaign. Taken by Cedarcom.

HORSE AND CARRIAGE IN MUSIC VIDEO

Last week we hired our horse and carriage for use in a new music video. The shoot went well and the production company were very happy with the end result. Hope the song does well :)

Lance the driver was awesome....

SHEEP VISIT SELFRIDGES (LONDON)

On Sunday our sheep visited Selfridges in London for a shopping trip. Selfridges have just launched a new knitwear/wool range so I guess they wanted to check it out :)

DUCK HIRE BBC

Our ducks had a fantastic time this week being filmed by the BBC. They got to swim in a massive pond. They did come back which was much to my suprise........ :)

TOYOTA Eco Day 2010

What a turn out!!

Over 3000 staff and friends turned out for the Toyota eco day. The animals were great and lapped up the attention.

Leo Shines in London Photoshoot

Leo the horse was fantastic this week during a one hour photo shoot. Put together by a top international brand the images will be released in the next month.

CAMEL TRAINING

Had a great time training ourmels this week. Well on target for riding in December.

BGC CHARITY EVENT - LONDON

This Monday we supplied animals for the BGC Charity event at Barclays HQ, Canary Wharf. Loads of top celebs came out to support the charity, and most importantly plenty of children, who especially enjoyed the range of animals. We had a unicorn, white rabbits, white goats, an owl and doves.

I must admit, it was weird even for me to walk a unicorn through the large offices!!

Last year over 10ml was raised, I can't wait to see this years result.

HUSKY HIRE LONDON - LIVE EVENT

Husky hire in London. The Animal Company supplied Two huskies for a live event in Regents Park, London.

The event was a great success and the Huskies enjoyed lots of attention.

OUR DAY OUT KICKS OFF

The cast of our day our back the bid for England to stage the world cup. Assisted by Larry and Zig both wearing England shirts (NOT LIVERPOOL:) )

Reindeer

Reindeer are looking great, antlers are nearly grown back and winter coats are off. Looking forward to the season. Only Two weekend dates left though.

Filming Started

Started filming this week on new short film. Going well. Got 5 animal types involved

New Micro Pigs Arrive

Our top sow has just had 7 little micro piglets. She has done a really great job of maing a nest area and feeding them.

Countrywise

ITV Countrywise

Tonight the animal company features on Countrywise. The programme features most of the animals here on the farm, from pigs to camels. Should be interesting............

Blue Lights Event

The annual blue lights event held at Aintree was a huge success. The animals were well cared for by Sean, who provided stabling and feed throughout the event. Thank-you to all the staff at Aintree for looking after us so well. Alison & Emily (Animalco)

London Event - Festival

The animals had a great time, and met some interesting people! 2000 children through the enclosure throughout the day.

ACTA - - Membership granted

The Animal Company are no members of the animal trainers ass ACTA.

Horse Riding Establishment

Now we are a horse riding establishment we can offer pony and donkey rides to our clients.

Chelmsford

Just finished cleaning all equipment from the festival, over 6000 children through the petting farm in three days.

Girl Guides Event 100 Years

Girl Guide event celebrating 100 years. Animals enjoyed themselves, and we had to check they didn't pinch the rabbits :)

Park Event Attracts Interest

Animals in the park attracted much interest this weekend. Among the animals were alpaca's, pigs, sheep, ponies, calfs, turkeys, goats and chickens. Around 800 visitors over a four hour period. The staff at the mini farm had a great time and so did the children which is the most important thing... oh!! and frank (pig) had a great sunbathing session!!!

CAMEL TRAINING

Alison & I are training the camels to be riden. Today we have walked them and backed them for the very first time. It's gone really well :)

New Pony Arrives 13.1 cob

Sally arrived at the weekend. She is a 13.1 cob, and is perfect for giving pony rides.

Peacock Arrival

Nathan went to town to buy some carrots and came back with a Peacock. Still, it could be worse, last time it was four camels................ Charlotte.

Emma & her snake join animalco

snake hire london

Petting Farm

Mobile farm at the races. Weather was great. Thanks to all involved.

Bird Hire

Birds of prey booked into Garden Centre in Cambridge. Eagles, owls and kestrels.

Emmerdale - Dog Hire

Just hired a choc lab for the opening sequence of emmerdale. Dixie the choc lab did a great job. So thanks Dixie!!

SKY FEST

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JUST GOT BACK FROM A GREAT EVENT IN EDINBURGH. OVER 8000 VISITS TO THE FARM OVER TWO DAYS.

Anderson-Dixon Sponsor Farm Bus

Anderson-Dixon Estate Agents in Burton on Trent have sponsored the new farm bus, the bus is set to visit schools from December 2010.

Its a Leyland Atlantean, former service bus from Liveprool and will be adapted to carry animals for display to children.

The Royal Agricultural College - Farm Animals

Today we are supplying a farm to one of the most highly regarded agricultural organisations. Our animals will be on display for students all day (4 hrs).

Racecourse Petting Farm

Yesterdays petting farm in Newmarket included sheep, goats, chickens, rabbits, alpaca's, a calf and a pony. This is one of the largest we do, yesterday we had around 2000 visitors to the farm which is great.

Brailsford Golf Club - Animal Hire

Supplied a petting farm today to Brailsford Golf club. The animals were in great form, shame about the weather but hey!! That's life.

Donated 6 tickets for Doncaster Races to the cancer charity raffle. It must have meant to be, because the guy that won grew up in Doncaster and is really looking forward to going!!

Anyway, now looking forward to Four petting farms out tomorrow and Three the day after....

Horse Hire - London - Imax

Arabian Horses for hire by The Animal Company. Prince charles attended the event which went very well.

Petting Farm at Stamford Brook

Sunday Petting Farm @ Stamford Brook Manchester by The Mini Farm.

Animal Hire

ITV film at gate farm. Nathan was interviewed about animal hire.

NEW ARRIVAL - PATRICK

Patrick the donkey arrived at the farm this Sunday. He will live with Ruby (Donkey) and become part of the Nativity displays in 2011. He is very friendly and even likes the sheep!!!

Men Who Stare At Goats

Goats by The Animal Company appear in Empire Magazine shoot to promote Men Who Stare at Goats DVD release 2010.