When Hank the Cowdog hears reports that coyotes are planning to go after the chickens, he manages to resist the temptation to join them and instead thwarts their attack, earning Sally May's forgiveness, and persuading Loper to stop feeding him Cheapo brand dog food.
The only hope that Eileen Mulkerin and her sons have of saving their ranch lies in finding a hidden cache of gold whose location was known only to her dead husband.
Meg, Alison, and Becky, alone at Mustang Mountain Ranch after Becky's mother is hospitalized, put themselves in serious danger when they attempt to rescue two missing horses in the midst of a forest fire.
