John R. Erickson

It's Slim's birthday, and the day is off to a great start when Miss Viola delivers a pan of fresh-made cinnamon rolls! However, a report comes in that a trash-talking, rule-breaking, daffodil-eating horse named Snips has invaded Sally May's yard, and Hank has to spring into action.

It's a tough job, but somebody's got to do it. Guts, glory, danger, and sacrifice are all in a day's work for Hank the Cowdog, Head of Ranch Security....

Loper and Sally May have left Slim to manage the ranch while they go off to visit the relatives for the holidays....

Woodrow, Slim’s future father-in-law, is a man of few words. So, when he takes the trouble to warn Slim about an Arctic cold front that is about to descend on the Texas Panhandle, Hank knows the ranch is in for a rough time....

It’s early January on Hank’s ranch when Slim and Loper receive word that an ice storm is headed their way. However, just as they’re about to prepare the cattle and stock tanks at the ranch to safely weather the storm, Deputy Kile calls with some bad news....

When Hank makes the mistake of asking Drover what he's doing, Drover reveals his observation that the moon looks like a cookie....

Hank is helping the cowboys with the dangerous mission of rounding up a very angry bull when a strange twist of events brings a yellow Labrador onto the scene.....

It's all fun and games until somebody ends up in the pound....

Someone has been raiding Sally May's garbage barrels....

It's roundup time, and Hank the Cowdog is ready to strut his stuff....

Hank conducts defensive maneuvers against an attacking silver monster bird. But the trouble really begins when Hank is stricken with a terrible case of "Eye-Croserosis"....

When Hank is attacked by a Headless Cowboy, he knows it's going to be a tough day defending the ranch....

Hank and Drover have just hitched an accidental ride into town in the back of Slim's pickup, and boy, are they excited....

Hank runs into a dispute with a giant bullfrog over the Emerald Pond....

Fall is an important time of year on a ranch, mostly because it means that winter is coming soon! And, on Hank’s ranch, that means that the cake house is about to be filled with bags of feed to get the cattle through the long frozen days ahead....

Dangerous dog or scaredy-cat? The ranch is in the grip of a sweltering summer heat wave, and to make matters worse, Bruiser the Rottweiler is on the loose....

Happy the Lab is back on the ranch, and it looks like he’s up to his usual good-natured, bumbling ways! And, it just so happens that he has wandered onto Hank’s ranch on a particularly exciting day: rain has finally come to their drought-stricken land....

Someone has been stealing calves from Uncle Johnny's pasture, and it's up to Hank and Slim to put a stop to it....

Things are looking pretty bleak for Hank the Cowdog. First he gets sick on poisoned bacon grease....

Hank the cowdog has seen dry summers in his years as the head of ranch security, but nobody on the ranch has seen a drought like this one....