John R. Erickson

Unsupervised for the day, Hank the cowdog and his human friends, Little Alfred and Slim Chance, mind the ranch with humorous results.

"Slim Chance is in a bad mood. In fact, he's been in a bad mood for a few months now, and it looks like it might become a permanent condition. The ranch has been in the middle of one of the worst droughts it's ever seen, and when the clouds do finally decide to let down a little rain, the last thing Slim wants to hear is that Deputy Kile got more rain than he did. Things are looking pretty bleak until Little Alfred asks his dad to take him fishing,...

"The drougt on Hank's ranch has finally ended, and it's a beautiful spring day. In fact, it's the kind of day in which the Head of Ranch Secuirty really wouldn't expect to find himself protecting the ranch from bloodthirsty mosquitoes, doing toad duty, or, most especially of all, standing between his cowboy friends and a sick and angry cow. However, that's exactly what happens when Miss Viola asks Slim and Hank to help Woodrow haul a cow to the veterinarian....

No self-respecting Head of Ranch Security would be caught dead sleeping on the job...so when Slim catches Hank asleep, not once but TWICE, Hank knows something sinister is afoot. And, if that's the case, then odds are that Pete the Barncat is involved. Later that day, the case takes an interesting twist when Hank learns that Pete has been missing for two days! Worried about her precious kitty, Sally May asks Slim and Hank to find and rescue Pete from...

Stranded in town, Hank the Cowdog finds himself drawn into a dangerous situation involving his sister Maggie and a terrible bully named Rambo.

"In Q&A sessions and in replies to fan letters, I'm not able to address those questions in a manner they deserve because the answers are not always short or simple. They require a bigger canvas and that is the purpose of this book"--from the preface.

"Sally May is planning to host a dance in her yard and launches a major spring cleaning offensive! When a grumbling Slim is drafted to haul trash to the burn barrel, Hank decides it might be a good idea to keep an eye on him. He was right! Later, Miss Viola's pickup breaks down in front of Slim's house, and she needs Slim's expert help as a mechanic. Will the bachelor cowboy take the opportunity to ask her to the dance or will the Head of Ranch Security...

When her beloved Plato drifts off to look for the Great White Quail, Beulah the Collie pays a visit to Hank's ranch in search of help. While the two search for Plato, Hank takes advantage of Plato's absence and works to charm Beulah into falling for him.

After getting blamed when Sally May's car ends up in a snowdrift, Hank suspects that this is another plot by Pete the Barncat to get him in trouble.