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Hank the Cowdog, Head of Ranch Security, finds himself stranded in town and drawn into a dangerous situation involving his sister Maggie and a terrible bully named Rambo.Tags
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Sadly, my local library doesn't have an audio copy of The Case of the Car-Barkaholic Dog, so I had to check out the print version. As I discovered when the same thing happened with an earlier book, being able to see the illustrations doesn't make up for not being able to hear the voices, the sound effects, the background music, and having the original songs actually sung.
Still, I enjoyed the book. Hank and Drover sneak a ride with Slim Chance to Waterhole 83, a real place in Perryton, Texas. There Hank runs afoul of the driver of an 18-wheeler and misses his ride home. This gives him the opportunity to visit his sister, Maggie, and her children: Roscoe, Spot, April, and Barbara.
Hank is an overconfident dog. Before he makes it to show more Maggie's home he finds out why you shouldn't feed chicken bones to a dog and makes an enemy of Rambo, the neighborhood bully. Rambo is a Great Dane who has been making Maggie and her pups miserable. (Because this is wholesome family entertainment, Rambo demands only a kiss from Maggie.) Hank reminds his kin what it means to be a Real Cowdog, but Rambo will return.
How Hank makes sure Rambo won't make good on his threats was pretty funny. We also get to see Dogpound Ralph the sleepy basset hound again. show less
Still, I enjoyed the book. Hank and Drover sneak a ride with Slim Chance to Waterhole 83, a real place in Perryton, Texas. There Hank runs afoul of the driver of an 18-wheeler and misses his ride home. This gives him the opportunity to visit his sister, Maggie, and her children: Roscoe, Spot, April, and Barbara.
Hank is an overconfident dog. Before he makes it to show more Maggie's home he finds out why you shouldn't feed chicken bones to a dog and makes an enemy of Rambo, the neighborhood bully. Rambo is a Great Dane who has been making Maggie and her pups miserable. (Because this is wholesome family entertainment, Rambo demands only a kiss from Maggie.) Hank reminds his kin what it means to be a Real Cowdog, but Rambo will return.
How Hank makes sure Rambo won't make good on his threats was pretty funny. We also get to see Dogpound Ralph the sleepy basset hound again. show less
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John Richard Erickson was born in Midland, Texas on October 20, 1943. In 1966, he received a B.A. degree from the University of Texas in Austin and studied for two years at Harvard Divinity School. He began to publish short stories while working full-time as a cowboy, farmhand, and ranch manager. In 1982, he started his own publishing company show more called Maverick Books, which published the first Hank the Cowdog book in 1983. He is the author of the best-selling Hank the Cowdog series, which won an Audie for Outstanding Children's Series from the Audio Publisher's Association in 1993. His stories have also won Oppenheimer, Wrangler, and Lamplighter Awards. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- The Case of the Car-Barkaholic Dog
- People/Characters
- Hank the Cowdog (Head of Ranch Security); Drover (dog, Hank's little assistant); High Loper (ranch owner); Slim Chance (a cowboy who works for the Lopers); Rambo (a bully of a Great Dane); Roscoe (Hank's nephew) (show all 12); Spot (Hank's nephew); April (Hank's niece); Barbara (Hank's niece); Maggie (Hank's sister); Dogpound Ralph (just Ralph the basset hound in this book); Jimmy Joe the dogcatcher
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- Waterhole 83, Perryton, Ochiltree County, Texas, USA; Twitchell, Texas, USA
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