Every Dog Has His Day is the tenth book in the Hank the Cowdog

Hank the Cowdog

Hank the Cowdog is series of humorous children's mystery novels, written by John R. Erickson and illustrated by Gerald L. Holmes.The series began in 1982 with a couple of short stories about the proud but bumbling Hank, the self-styled "Head of Ranch Security"...

 book series, a series of humorous children's mystery novels, written by John R. Erickson

John R. Erickson

John R. Erickson is an American cowboy and author, best known for his classic children’s series, Hank the Cowdog.Erickson has written and published 75 books and more than 500 articles, and is best known as the author of the Hank the Cowdog books, audio-books, and stage plays...

 and illustrated by Gerald L. Holmes.

Plot

People come to the ranch for round-up, and bring along a border collie

Border Collie

The Border Collie is a herding dog breed developed in the Anglo-Scottish border region for herding livestock, especially sheep. It is the most widespread of the collie breeds....

 named Benny, who Hank does not like, and a beagle

Beagle

The Beagle is a breed of small to medium-sized dog. A member of the Hound Group, it is similar in appearance to the Foxhound, but smaller, with shorter legs and longer, softer ears. Beagles are scent hounds, developed primarily for tracking hare, rabbit, and other game...

 named Miss Scampers who Hank thinks he is in love with. High Loper ties Hank up and Benny takes his place to round up the cows. Hank attempts to get Drover to help him, but Drover runs away to see Miss Scampers. Pete the cat shows up and teases Hank. Hank jumps at Pete and the rope snaps. Hank stands in the gate, and blocks the cattle, which makes the humans angry. Hank runs off. He is found in the woods by two coyote

Coyote

The coyote , also known as the American jackal or the prairie wolf, is a species of canine found throughout North and Central America, ranging from Panama in the south, north through Mexico, the United States and Canada...

s, Rip and Snort. Two turkey vulture

Turkey Vulture

The Turkey Vulture is a bird found throughout most of the Americas. It is also known in some North American regions as the Turkey Buzzard , and in some areas of the Caribbean as the John Crow or Carrion Crow...

s, Junior and Wallace, are nearby waiting for the coyotes to make the kill. To stop from getting eaten Hank stages the First Wolf Creek Decathlon

Decathlon

The decathlon is a combined event in athletics consisting of ten track and field events. The word decathlon is of Greek origin . Events are held over two consecutive days and the winners are determined by the combined performance in all. Performance is judged on a points system in each event, not...

. Hank wins, and the coyotes angrily leave. Hank finds Benny, who says that High Loper is stuck in quicksand

Quicksand

Quicksand is a colloid hydrogel consisting of fine granular matter , clay, and water.Water circulation underground can focus in an area with the optimal mixture of fine sands and other materials such as clay. The water moves up and then down slowly in a convection-like manner throughout a column...

. Hank finds High Loper and pulls him out the quicksand using the rope around his neck. They return to the ranch house and the story ends.

Major characters

• High Loper – manager of the ranch
• Hank – head of ranch security
• Drover – Hank's assistant
• Pete – cat
• Miss Scampers – beagle
• Benny – a visiting border collie
• Rip – coyote
• Snort – coyote
• Wallace – turkey vulture
• Junior – turkey vulture