Buster & Muggs

Buster, Muggs, and their gang of thugs area group of dogs who occasionally appear in the book series Hank the Cowdog. The Gang consist of four tough wild dogs who live in the city near Hank's ranch. One on one, Hank stands a chance against them, but all together, Hank fears and avoids them at all cost.

Personality
Buster is the leader of the four dogs. According to the book, he is part cattle dog, part greyhound, and part German Shepherd. He is mean and ruthless, and will do anything to get what he wants. If anyone stands in his way, he will not hesitate to fight with them.

Muggs is Buster's second in command. He is a pure bred American Bulldog. Although he is tough and muscular, he is extremely stupid; but is very loyal to Buster.

There are two other dogs in Buster's Gang. Their names and breeds are unknown, but they are told to be just as mean, tough, and dangerous as Buster.

Murder in the Middle Pasture
 Hank the Cowdog finds that there has been a murder on his ranch, so he sets off to investigate. After a few adventures, Hank thinks the Coyote Brotherhood is responsible for the killing. He travels to the Coyote Brotherhood, and demands to know who the murderer is. The coyotes just laugh and hold Hank hostage, and plan to eat him by dawn; it is later revealed that the coyotes were not responsible for the murder. Hank could have easily escaped had not Chief Guts ordered Rip and Snort, two stupid coyote brothers, to make sure Hank does not run away. They keep him in a cave, guarding the exit. Then Hank escapes (with the help of Missy Coyote) to his ranch. Once gets out he runs back to the ranch to find the real murderers. Apparently the real murderers were a dog named Buster and a gang of two dogs with a bulldog named Muggs as his assistant. Hank says mean things to the coyote (Scrunch,and Rip and Snort) and Buster and his gang but makes them think that it was each other that was saying mean things to them. The coyotes and the gang got into a fight and the coyotes won and chased the gang off the ranch. That's where the story ends.

