The Original Adventures is the first volume in the series and sets the tone for its successors: a dog who considers himself "Head of Ranch Security" relates a meandering narrative composed of two or three silly episodes strung together by infantile jokes. In later volumes, he swallows a fishhook, tends an obnoxious baby-talking five-year-old, and must discover who is raiding the ranch garbage cans. The books are amateurishly illustrated.