The experiences of a mouse-colored horse from his birth in the wild, through his capture by humans and his work in the rodeo and on the range, to his eventual old age.

Hank the Cowdog quits his job as Head of Ranch Security and travels in search of adventure and romance.

Unusual from the day she is born, Thunder Rose performs all sorts of amazing feats, including building fences, taming a stampeding herd of steers, capturing a gang of rustlers, and turning aside a tornado.

On a cattle drive in the desert on the night before Cowboy Ned's birthday, his horse Andy goes in search of a birthday cake, which he thinks will make Ned's birthday complete. It's Cowboy Ned's birthday! His trusty dapple gray steed, Andy, knows that the best thing to have on your birthday is a birthday cake. While Cowboy Ned sleeps soundly, Andy wanders across the desert in search of a birthday surprise for his friend and along the way discovers...

Hank the cowdog suffers from a dreaded double bumblebee sting--or is it something much worse?

In his own modest way, Hank the Cowdog recounts how he barely escaped crazy Slim and his tail-eating vacuum sweeper and single-handedly saved the ranch from a huge catastrophe.

From the back cover -- As Head of Ranch Security, Hank knows that it's his job to clear the ranch of all intruders--and that includes gophers. But when Hank's efforts to rid the yard of one such critter causes a stampede in the middle of the roundup, Loper decides that he just can't take it anymore. He wants Hank to learn some manners, so he's sending him to--gulp!--Obedience School.

Hank the Cowdog is determined to find out who's behind the series of garbage barrel raids for which he is being held responsible.

Hank the Cowdog almost loses his job as Head of Ranch Security when he develops a case of Eye-crosserosis.