John R. Erickson

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....

Get ready for laughs! Excerpts from 10 of Hank's stories performed in the style of an old-time radio show....

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

When Hank the Cowdog sticks his nose where it doesn't belong, he gets more than he bargained for....

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

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"....

Hank couldn't be more thrilled when Beulah the Collie comes to the ranch looking for help....

Everyone loves Drover, Hank's trusty sidekick. But have you ever wondered what the little, white, stub-tailed dog's life was like before he came to the ranch? Find out....

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

Using his top-notch law enforcement skills, Hank launches one of the hardest-hitting investigations of his career....

It’s the kind of day in which the head of ranch security 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....

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....

Pete the Barncat isn’t known for his reliable story-telling, but when his report about a strange, tree-devouring creature is corroborated by another source - namely J. T. Cluck, the ranch’s head rooster - Hank decides to investigate....

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....

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

It's scrap day on the ranch, and Hank is looking forward to a delicious feast of juicy, fatty bacon scraps....

As Head of Ranch Security, Hank knows that it's his job to clear the ranch of all intruders - and that includes gophers....

It's summertime, and the weather on Hank's West Texas ranch is hot and dry. So dry, in fact, that everyone is on the lookout for prairie fires....

When Halloween arrives, Hank - the self-appointed Head of Ranch Security - has got his hands full of adventure....

Love doesn't come easy....