Animal Hire - Camel Hire - Reindeer H

ANIMALS AT NATIONAL THEATRE LONDON

2012-01-18T02:44:00.000-08:00

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

2011-12-07T11:25:00.000-08:00

Humbug an Holly visit patients at Derby hospital.

CAMEL VISITS CHIPPING SODBURY

2011-12-07T11:16:00.000-08:00

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

2011-12-07T10:07:00.000-08:00

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?

2011-12-07T10:03:00.001-08:00

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

2011-11-02T15:23:00.000-07:00

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

REINDEER SEASON BEGINS

2011-10-29T11:22:00.000-07:00

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

2011-10-14T06:19:00.000-07:00

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

2011-10-14T06:05:00.000-07:00

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

2011-10-04T12:20:00.000-07:00

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

2011-09-17T13:12:00.000-07:00

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

2011-09-13T05:50:00.000-07:00

LAST FEW DATES LEFT BOOK NOW TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/REINDEER-AND-SLEIGH-HIRE-/270817569471?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item3f0dfc2abf

RED SHEEP ON TV SOON

2011-09-08T13:08:00.000-07:00

RED v's BLACK sheep airs soon. see images

STELLA McCARTNEY SUMMER PARTY

2011-09-08T07:18:00.000-07:00

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

2011-08-23T13:22:00.000-07:00

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

2011-06-24T14:14:00.000-07:00

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

2011-06-22T07:48:00.000-07:00

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

LEAD BALLOON - COLLIN THE PIG

2011-06-10T11:16:00.000-07:00

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

BABY REINDEER BORN

2011-05-25T03:42:00.000-07:00

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

www.animalco.co.uk

GOATS IN LONDON

2011-05-17T13:11:00.000-07:00

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

2011-05-03T05:26:00.000-07:00

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

2011-04-29T06:01:00.001-07:00

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

CARTOON NETWORK SHOOT

2011-04-01T07:15:00.000-07:00

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!!!

2011-02-24T14:37:00.001-08:00

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

DISNEY RE-LAUNCH BAMBI DVD

2011-02-19T12:08:00.000-08:00

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

2011-02-15T12:30:00.000-08:00

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

2010-12-16T01:27:00.001-08:00

CAMELS TRAVEL TO FOLKSTONE

2010-12-16T01:24:00.000-08:00

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

KEVIN PIETERSON FINAL EDIT

2010-12-06T11:42:00.001-08:00

BRYLCREAM SHOOT WITH KEVIN PETERSON

2010-12-06T11:39:00.000-08:00

Animalco supply horse and handler for Brylcream shoot.

Reindeer spend a day at the Races

2010-11-22T06:08:00.000-08:00

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

CREEPY CRAWLY EVENTS

2010-11-01T03:20:00.001-07:00

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

Mulberry Photoshoot

2010-10-29T11:33:00.000-07:00

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

2010-10-20T11:49:00.000-07:00

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

2010-10-20T05:56:00.001-07:00

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)

2010-10-10T23:21:00.000-07:00

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

2010-09-26T11:33:00.000-07:00

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

2010-09-26T11:20:00.000-07:00

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

2010-09-26T11:19:00.001-07:00

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

2010-09-26T10:15:00.000-07:00

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

BGC CHARITY EVENT - LONDON

2010-09-15T05:34:00.000-07:00

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

2010-09-10T07:22:00.001-07:00

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

2010-08-24T13:04:00.000-07:00

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

2010-08-18T13:47:00.001-07:00

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

2010-08-18T13:46:00.000-07:00

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

New Micro Pigs Arrive

2010-08-13T05:33:00.000-07:00

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

2010-07-27T01:17:00.000-07:00

ITV Countrywise

2010-07-26T02:10:00.001-07:00

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

2010-07-26T02:08:00.001-07:00

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

2010-07-19T03:02:00.000-07:00

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

ACTA - - Membership granted

2010-07-15T11:22:00.001-07:00

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

Horse Riding Establishment

2010-07-15T11:21:00.001-07:00

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

Chelmsford

2010-07-15T11:21:00.000-07:00

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

Girl Guides Event 100 Years

2010-07-05T06:12:00.000-07:00

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

Park Event Attracts Interest

2010-07-05T05:32:00.000-07:00

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

2010-06-30T06:27:00.001-07:00

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

2010-06-28T02:27:00.000-07:00

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

Peacock Arrival

2010-06-28T02:19:00.000-07:00

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

2010-06-23T03:31:00.001-07:00

snake hire london

Petting Farm

2010-06-21T06:49:00.001-07:00

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

Bird Hire

2010-06-10T04:25:00.001-07:00

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

Emmerdale - Dog Hire

2010-06-08T05:20:00.000-07:00

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

SKY FEST

2010-06-08T05:15:00.000-07:00

http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/108400205506943267298/PettingFarmMobileFarm#

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

Anderson-Dixon Sponsor Farm Bus

2010-06-01T02:11:00.000-07:00

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

2010-05-31T03:41:00.001-07:00

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

2010-05-31T03:33:00.000-07:00

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

2010-05-29T13:43:00.000-07:00

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

2010-05-25T06:13:00.000-07:00

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

Petting Farm at Stamford Brook

2010-05-25T05:59:00.000-07:00

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

Animal Hire

2010-05-21T08:21:00.000-07:00

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

NEW ARRIVAL - PATRICK

2010-04-18T13:46:00.000-07:00

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

2010-04-16T00:55:00.000-07:00

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

Sheep Hit The Catwalk!!!

2010-04-07T09:04:00.000-07:00

Sheep hit the catwalk to promote knitwear range........

The sheep were fantastic and a real crowd pleaser. They were very calm, due to the experience they had on stage last year.

P.s Hayley, I guessed this was your fav pic for some reason???

Nath

Rex Hired For Harrods Advert

2010-03-31T15:16:00.000-07:00

Alpaca Training

2010-03-22T05:45:00.000-07:00

Thank-you to Alpacacare.co.uk for the fantastic head collars, training has begun. I think Zig is going to be very popular this year.

Kensington & Chelsea Petting Farm

2010-03-22T05:41:00.000-07:00

This weekend the animals have been to St Peters Church in Kensington and to a private function in Liverpool. The animals taken included lambs, goats, micro pigs, chicks and rabbits. Over 300 children attended the Kensigton event, most having never seen animals before. The event went very well, and it has been confirmed we will be attending next year.

Lambs are ready for The Mini Farm

2010-03-01T11:16:00.000-08:00

New Calves Arrive

2010-03-01T11:10:00.000-08:00

These are Charolais calves, both were about Two weeks old on arrival and will be on show in 2010.

Visit www.theminifarm.co.uk

Camel Training

2010-02-26T08:39:00.000-08:00

Nathan & Charlotte training the camels at Gate Farm

2010-02-19T00:53:00.000-08:00

This week we have been filming at Gate Farm. Mainly focusing n the camels, training and handling. ITV were very pleased with the result and this should air next week. Nathan, Rhys and Alison were all interviewed.

New Reindeer Arrive

2010-02-19T00:47:00.000-08:00

Six new reindeer arrive at Gate Farm taking the herd up to 14. A new stock bull, which hopefully will serve our females. The others will undergo training for Christmas 2011.

www.animalco.co.uk

2010-02-08T03:00:00.000-08:00

Wendy and her piglets.

New Arrival - Zig & Zag

2010-01-25T05:20:00.000-08:00

Yeah I know the names not original, but look at them!!!! - Nath...

Gate Farm

2010-01-22T03:32:00.000-08:00

The Animal Company have moved into new premises in Ashbourne. The facilities are ideal for filming, photography and viewing our animals. The reindeer have a great big paddock, which includes a hill and wooded area. The camels have their own paddock too. All the animals have settled in great and all the team here are looking forward to a great 2010.....

Camels Arrive

2010-01-22T03:21:00.000-08:00

Just arrived home last Sunday with 4 amazing camels. Three golden and one white, these guys are so friendly and i can't wait to ride one to the shop for a pint of milk!!

www.animalco.co.uk

Stan Gets Ready For Christmas

2009-12-11T03:06:00.000-08:00

Stan in his outfit for a photoshoot Deceber 2009.

I don't think he likes it as much as his tux!!

Reindeer Visit Care Home

2009-12-08T15:01:00.000-08:00

Nathan & Domanic take the reindeer to visit residents

Christmas Is Coming Again....:)

2009-11-19T10:03:00.000-08:00

This Years Christmas Events Kick Off To A Great Start....

Father Christmas Pictured with Elfs, Reindeer and Children.

DISNEY Hire The Animal Company Puppies

2009-11-18T12:56:00.000-08:00

Guardian Interview

2009-11-10T12:00:00.000-08:00

Interview of Nathan Anderson-Dixon by the Guardian. read online at:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2009/nov/04/goats-on-film

Creepy Crawlies Display

2009-11-06T14:01:00.000-08:00

Creepy Crawlies give visitors a great chance to see snakes, lizzards, house spiders, mice, rats, terantula, crickets, scorpion, degus and toads.

Charlotte and Georgia out on show....

Snakes in night Club Go Down A Storm!!!

2009-11-06T13:23:00.000-08:00

Hey Nathan

Just a quick one to say thanks very much for sorting us snakes. Everyone had a ball. It was our busiest night of the year and the snakes went down a storm. Everyone had 100 questions for the guys! All good fun.

Thanks, Phil

TV Commercial Meg Border Collie

2009-09-30T03:38:00.000-07:00

Thanks to Rory the shoot went very well. Meg was a real star. Nathan

"Hi Nathan...despite the weather we had a wonderful day. Absolutely everything went right. Lovely dog (Meg....how come 99% of sheepdogs are called Meg). She did everything required of her. Should make a cracking little commercial. Cheers Vic" Production

DISNEY HIRE PUPPIES

2009-09-24T14:09:00.000-07:00

The Animal Company have supplied Disney with eight border collie puppies, as part of a forthcoming Christmas release. Rose (Animal Handler) took the eight pups to pose for photographs and short video clips. Gwen (producer) was very pleased with the result.... :)

OUR DAY OUT - PRESS NIGHT

2009-09-20T11:11:00.000-07:00

The press night for "Our day out" was a great success. The musical achieved great reviews, with mention of the animals :

" I had read the play a number of years back and remember reading the directors notes about using stuffed toys as the zoo animals, so when the kids turned around and actually had REAL animals in their hands, both I, and the rest of the audience gasped in surprise! Thankfully they didn’t let go of the snakes though!! "

(The Echo, Liverpool)

Safe Style UK

2009-09-15T04:43:00.000-07:00

Ziggy the border terrier performed very well on the new safestyle Uk commercial. He is seen to be barking at the main actor, then chasing him. The shot involved chasing, jumping through windows and then jumping. The dog performed very well, thanks to his two handlers Dave and Helen. Helen is a very experienced dog agility trainer, who works with the Animal Company, Dave is experienced at showing dogs in Crufts.

Petting Farm

2009-09-08T07:28:00.000-07:00

The Petting Farm Visits Castle Froma. Pigs, goats, chicksens and much more. A great time was had by all.

SKY FESTIVAL EDINBURGH

2009-09-08T07:02:00.000-07:00

The Petting Farm, by http://www.theminifarm.co.uk/ visited Edinburgh this weekend to feature as part of the fantastic SKY fest event. The event is in order for the company to show its appreciation to all of the companies hard working employees and their families. Over 6000 people visited the Royal Highland Centre. The event was a complete success, and the animals proved very popular. So much so that we are currently looking to increase the size of the animal display for next year.

Film Festival

2009-09-02T02:46:00.000-07:00

Latitude is one of the most popular festivals in the country, this year we supplied animals for the launch of a new film called "black cat, white cat" The animals we supplied included Two ponies, chickens and geese. The animals worked so well, attracting attention to the premier and drawing a real crowd. Steve Acton (Animal Handler) got involved, by dancing with the actors on stage, priceless :)

Nath

Camels On The Beach!!!

2009-09-02T02:39:00.000-07:00

The Animal Company supplied Camels to Bournemouth Borough Council as part of an initiative to promote the area as one of the Uk's holiday hot spots. The Camels were available for viewing next to the South Pier, and some lucky children even got to ride them. Local and national media attended the event which was a big success, we are just thinking about how we can better this for next year !!