Because I love horses and beautiful mountain scenery, I have enjoyed the show. The writing is good just looking at the arc of the story, but I have a bit of a problem with the dialog between characters. They are rude to one another. All of them are with the exception of maybe Jack, Amy, and Ty. In addition, no child in the show is made to suffer the logical consequences of their behavior. This is especially true for Tim's and Georgie's character. Georgie will blatantly not do what she was asked and when a consequence is given to her, the adults rarely follow through. As a matter of fact she gets her way because she acted out. No child in real life would grow into the well rounded adult we see her moving towards. They would have simply been taught that I can do what I want when I want and still get to trick ride! I find it so unrealistic! Also, Tim is really rude, but everyone just puts up with what he does and says and so his behavior is tolerated as though it is normal. And it may be, with some people in real life, but someone who acts like he does would have few friends and be barely tolerated by family. It isn't normal in my world. If I talked to people at school where I work the way Tim Fleming talks to people, I would not hold a job for long. And Lou is so neurotic it is horrible. The world must revolve around her. So what if Jack and Lisa were married in a way that they wished to. Nothing wrong with that in my book. But to Lou, everything and everyone must meet her expectations or you are wrong! So, I don't think the give and take between characters is realistic. And worse than that, I think this show teaches kids that nothing is wrong with being rude, petty, and selfish. You get what you want anyway! Not a way to raise responsible people.
Thank goodness for the horses and scenery!!!