While Charlie, a sleepy basset hound, tells about the busy life of a ranch dog, his best friend Suzie, a Jack Russell terrier, is getting the work done.

Charlie, a bassett hound who considers himself to be "King of the Ranch," finds an unexpected Christmas gift under the tree.

When Mama and the kids are busy with their lessons, Charlie decides to start a class of his own with Suzie, Kitty, and Walter.

When the corpse of prominent physician Dr. Leonard Laton goes missing, Callie Valentine Jones, who fixes up the hairdos of the dead, goes in hot pursuit of the recently embalmed, last seen in Las Vegas, with the help of Elvis, a basset hound who knows how to sniff out a killer.

"An accidental dog swap unleashes an unexpected love match . . . . Carly Kennedy is drowning in work, her divorced parents are going through their midlife crises, and somehow Carly's sister convinces her to foster Baxter-a basset hound rescue with a bad case of the blues. When Carly comes home from work to discover that the dog walker has accidentally switched out Baxter for another basset hound, she reaches the end of her leash. When Max Sheffington...

Forced to choose between one man who wants to marry her and another who already did, Callie Valentine Jones can't think of a better way to check out of her personal Heartbreak Hotel than to get out of town. So when Lovie invites the whole Valentine clan to visit her archaeologist beau's worksite near Cozumel, Callie packs up Elvis, her crooning Basset Hound, and heads for the airport. They've barely arrived when Elvis sniffs out a skeleton too fresh...

When Elvis impersonators start dying at the annual Elvis festival in Tupelo, Mississippi, Callie Valentine Jones and her cousin Lovie find themselves at the center of a murder investigation. Callie needs to find the real killer to prove Lovie's innocence, and she has to act fast before the wrong person is singing jailhouse blues.

"Charlie the Ranch Dog is ready to live the good life as a rock star! But as he tries to settle into the lifestyle of the rich and famous, Charlie discovers that sometimes the ranching life is best."--Provided by publisher.

"After six glorious weeks of hard work on his long-overdue second novel, celebrity-ghostwriter Stewart 'Hoagy' Hoag has hit a crossroads in his plot. He thinks a change of scenery will do him good--and he knows just the place. His ex-wife, the actress Merilee Nash, has offered him the use of her idyllic Connecticut farmhouse, while she's away shooting a movie in Budapest. Hoagy and his beloved basset hound Lulu settle in for a few days' rest and relaxation....

When Charlie loses his appetite and is not even tempted by bacon, a worried Mama takes the faithful basset hound to the veterinarian, where his nerves are soothed by a friendly puppy.