History YMMV / HankTheCowdog

* MoralEventHorizon: [[HellishHorse Tuerto]] in the eighth book crosses this when he tries to trample Amy and Ashley. Unlike the previous incident with Hank and Drover, the girls weren't even bothering him; it seems like he wanted to harm them [[ForTheEvulz just because he could]].

** After the books started to include two songs per book, every once in a while a song would become this. Two good examples are the Saddle Up Overture in C Maybe and Where Were We?
** Drover’s Secret Life is an extended books, but the extra chapters do absolutely nothing to the plot. Justified in that it fits Drover’s personality.
* HarsherInHindsight: In one book, a wild fire almost destroys the ranch. This later actually happened to the Author.

* NauseaFuel: In ''A Dog's Life'' we learn what happens when Buzzards get mad. [[spoiler: "They ''throw up'' on the party that made 'em unhappy". Which is gross enough, but then you take into account what a Buzzard's diet consists of...]] [[{{Squick}} Yeah]] (also TruthInTelevision). Let's just say that Rip and Snort learned a very important lesson in that book. Hank himself was so grossed out that in later books he refuses to even talk about it. This gets a repeat performance in ''The Case of the Prowling Bear'', when he tries to hit Hank with it after being forced to say, "Thank you."

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Given his advanced age as the series progresses and how fast he tends to forget and misinterpret a lot of things, is Hank simply a GeniusDitz, or perhaps experiencing early stage dementia?

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Given how fast he tends to forget and misinterpret a lot of things, is Hank simply a GeniusDitz, or perhaps experiencing early stage dementia?

* EarWorm: The songs on the audio book versions are surprisingly catchy, to the point where multiple albums were released featuring them on their own.

* FridgeBrilliance: Hank claims that the Coyotes' YouNoTakeCandle way of speaking is its own separate language. It comes out the way it does because Hank is narrating the story, and his own understanding of Coyote is a bit limited, causing him to lose something in the translations.

* EarWorm: The songs, when you listen to them on the audio book versions.

* CrowningMomentOfFunny: It was... pause... pause... pause... paws... pause... [[OverlyLongGag pause...]] A GHOST! (The pauses are actually written out and take up two whole pages before another two-page spread that just has "A GHOST!" across from a full-page illustration of the ghost. Which actually is somewhat scary in spite of this humor.)

* NauseaFuel: In ''A dog's Life'' we learn what happens when Buzzards get mad. [[spoiler: "They ''throw up'' on the party that made 'em unhappy". Which is gross enough, but then you take into account what a Buzzard's diet consists of...]] [[{{Squick}} Yeah]] (also TruthInTelevision). Let's just say that Rip and Snort learned a very important lesson in that book. Hank himself was so grossed out that in later books he refuses to even talk about it.

* PeripheryDemographic: Erickson initially wrote the books for adults. He was a little surprised when he discovered that it was mostly kids that were the ones who were reading them. But he ran with it, and is still going strong today.

* FridgeBrilliance: Hank claims that the Coyotes' YouNoTakeCandle way of speaking is its own separate language. It comes out the way it does because Hank is narrating the story, and his own understanding of Coyote is a bit limited, causing him to loose something in the translations.
* PeripheryDemographic: Erickson initially wrote the books for adults. He was a little surprised when he discovered that it was mostly kids that were the ones who were reading them. But he ran with it, and is still going strong today.

* PeripheryDemographic: Erickson initially wrote the books for adults. He was a little surprised when he discovered that it was mostly kids that were the ones who were reading them. But he ran with it, and is still going strong today.

* FridgeBrilliance: Hank claims that the Coyotes' YouNoTakeCandle way of speaking is its own separate language. It comes out the way it does because Hank is narrating the story, and his own understanding of Coyote is a bit limited, causing him to loose something in the translations.