Sargent, Pat

Molly is determined to protect her family when a cheetah escapes from a circus and makes its home on the farm.

An abandoned puppy finds a home with a farm family and earns the name Barney the Bear Killer.

When a cougar threatens the farm animals, and then Farmer John and his family, Barney the hound and the wild animal engage in a ferocious battle.

Barney the Bear Killer, a beloved coonhound, proves his worth to Farmer John's family over and over again, but never so much as when he kills Loco Lobo, a crazed timber wolf that has been terrorizing the neighborhood.