Hvad gør man i en dyrlægefamilie, når faren, den ene af to dyrlæger, kommer på hospitalet, men der er nok at gøre med at redde omegnens forsømte og syge hunde, katte, heste, høns og gæs?
Denne dyrlægefamilie tilkalder hjælp fra nær og fjern. Familiemedlemmer og gamle venner strømmer til, og så satser alle på, at det hele nok skal gå.
Men noget går galt. Pludselig får dyrlægefamilien smidt et sagsanlæg i hovedet, fordi en rideskole påstår, at de ikke har tilset en syg hest grundigt nok. Det får byen til at dele sig i to børnene mister deres venner og dyrlægerne får mindre og mindre at lave. Samtidig begynder folk at genere familien, og de må nu for alvor stå sammen, hvis de skal klare sig igennem ildspåsættelser, sladder og uvenskab.
The Pullein-Thompson sisters — Josephine Pullein-Thompson MBE (3 April 1924-[1]), Diana Pullein-Thompson (born 1 October 1925) [2] and Christine Pullein-Thompson (1 October 1925–2 December 2005[2] — are British writers of several horse and pony books (mostly fictional) aimed at children and mostly popular with girls. They started at a very young age (initially writing collectively) and they were at their peak in the 1950s and 1960s, but their popularity has endured. They have written a collective autobiography Fair Girls and Grey Horses.
All 3 sisters have written at least 1 book under a different name; Josephine wrote 1 under the pseudonym of Josephine Mann, Diana 3 books under her married name of Diana Farr and Christine wrote 2 books under the name of Christine Keir.
Their mother, Joanna Cannan (1898–1961), sister of the poet May Cannan, wrote similar equestrian stories, but is better known for detective mysteries.