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

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

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.

Sheep Hit The Catwalk!!!

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

Alpaca Training

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

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

New Calves Arrive

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

Nathan & Charlotte training the camels at Gate Farm

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

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.

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Wendy and her piglets.

New Arrival - Zig & Zag

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

Gate Farm

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

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!!

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Stan Gets Ready For Christmas

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

Nathan & Domanic take the reindeer to visit residents

Christmas Is Coming Again....:)

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

Father Christmas Pictured with Elfs, Reindeer and Children.

DISNEY Hire The Animal Company Puppies

Guardian Interview

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

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!!!

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

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

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

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

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

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

SKY FESTIVAL EDINBURGH

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

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!!!

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 !!