Sun, Sep 23, 2018
Early in hunting season, a magnificent male deer is spotted on Felix Brenner's land and he promises his girlfriend not to hunt it. However it wonders into the area of municipal chief huntsman Vinzenz Grieshaber, who gets up at night to hunt it, hoping to avoid Pauline's protests. Luckily he falls asleep. Farmhand Tomasz Kulka is commandeered to help him, but the kids mobilize to protect the deer and get smart help from vet Dr. Philip Hansen to lure it back in Felix's land with imitated calls.
Sun, Sep 23, 2018
Jan Kalkbrenner's joy to be reunited with father Martin is tainted by having to move into a farm, as he misses city life and has no neighbor boy as playmate. Not even sharing the girls' interest in horses, he wanders off to meet and befriend old loner Jakob Krämer, who has a fascinating blue macaw as pet. Vet Hanses sadly agrees with Jacob that since all meadows were drained, his two water buffaloes are unprofitable and impossible to sell, so he prepares to put them down. Jan protests, so as the bovines disappear over night, his father presumes he 'liberated them'. The bird's habit to fly to the pair actually helps Jan find them, persuading Jacob to spare them.
Sun, Sep 23, 2018
While Vincent is away, Tomasz welcomes teen cousin Fred, who moves into the farm loft, only Paulina notices his pet rat Gigi, until her kitten reacts duly defensive. Fred is told a rat is just not an acceptable pet on a farm, so needs to dispose of it. Meanwhile neighbor Huber's dog keeps escaping since his wife died, actually visiting her grave, strictly against cemetery rules, but both problems turn out canceling each-other.
Sun, Sep 30, 2018
To Lucy's horror, Ferdy and Martin's Z restaurant ordered a goat, which she presumes is to be slaughtered, so she abducts the animal, which proves a nasty, voracious handful, causing havoc around the Reiterhof. Nelly must deals with spoiled brat Zina, whose father, Martin's boss, an't spare time for her, so she pouts the promised riding classes are without him. Then the goat complicates that too.
Sun, Sep 30, 2018
Dr. Philip Hansen is not amused as his partner Helena let Josefine Grieshaber, whom she claimed to envy the 'calming' care for cattle, convince her to buy a sheep, only to find it's a herd of a dozen, non-returnable. Airhead Lucy decides Leonie's rabbit and those held by other local families are kept in too small cages, so kidnaps them leaving notes they will be returned when better housing is provided. The other girls help her, till Philip finds out and orders all bunnies returned.
Sun, Oct 7, 2018
The kids are opposed to the implantation of a windmill in the forest. Seeing no other recourse left, they seek nature reserve protection by 'spotting' an endangered animal. Jakob Krämer agrees to let Jan borrow his trained bold eagle, which the knaves senses to be at dubious choice. Doc immediately spots it's a marine, very improbably species, and tries to explain wind energy is the right choice long-term, while the mighty eagle is dangerous for prey and possibly even kids.
Sun, Oct 7, 2018
Jan's father Martin explains to doc the knave won't help hold a horse because he has a mild phobia. Jan plans to use the horse t draw a car for a romantic proposal to Petra, but finds it missing. Jan actually 'borrowed' it to impress his own girl visitor, but lacks even basic driver experience, so they have to be rescued. Martin gets a pleasant surprise.
Sun, Oct 21, 2018
Vinzenz Grieshaber is all but amused when his senior downstream neighbor Jakob Kramer blindly suspects him of diverting the water needed for the horses meadows. Teen Jan Kalkbrenner and Paulina discover the real culprits: a beaver couple damming the brook for its lodge. Philip confirms the species is protected and refers the matter to the commissioned forester, yet the kids mistrust even him when they find a beaver caught in a trap, while a teeth-felt tree corners Jan.
Sun, Oct 28, 2018
Horse Dommy goes missing and is taken in by pre-teen orphan Tim Hoppe, who lives with his grandfather Waldemar in the tents of the circus he once was director in, but went out of business years ago. Searching for the horse, nosy Nelly finds out and informs social worker Helena Brüggemann, who must make sure Tim finally gets proper schooling and check out semi-senile grandpa.
Sun, Oct 28, 2018
On his first day in the vets home, Tim Hoppe learns about house rules but with his knavish twist. A shepherd reports a feral dog allegedly attack his lambs, but doc finds it was a mild accident with a stray. Tim spots and meets biking on the way to his new school, befriends him with food, practices training dogs on the Hansen family's own Cookie and proves the stray brach a great tracker. However Philip's Internet research shows it's a missing family dog, named Geronimo.