Rip & Snort

Rip and Snort are two coyote brothers who have a grudge against Hank. At one point in  The Original Adventures of Hank the Cowdog  however Hank, Rip, and Snort became friends. However, they are enemies in every other book. They are vicious and strong, but not very smart, and Hank manages to escape from sticky situations involving them by tricking them.They always seem to call Hank, "Hunk."

Personality


Rip and Snort are always seen together as a pair and are rarely ever apart from each other. Although they are both big and tough, they are both extremely stupid, making it easy for Hank to outsmart the brothers when ever he is around them. Usually Rip does most of the talking and thinking, while snort tends to keep quiet and only says "Uh, Uh Huh, and Yeah" whenever he talks. The coyote brothers love to pick fights with anything and anyone who crosses their path.

Lost in the Blinded Blizzard
Starts off with Hank and Drover staying at Slim's house on the northside of the  ranch. Has Hank and Drover sleeping inside when Hank hears an odd ringing, which turns out to be the  telephone. Hank then notices that while Slim is talking on the phone, a  mouse  is sitting on Slim's foot. Hank jumps at the mouse and it goes running up Slim's leg and causes Slim to 'freak out.' Slim gets angry at Hank, so both Hank and Drover go into hiding. The next morning a truck comes up to Slim's house and in the back is Hank's love, the  collie  Beulah and her boyfriend the  English Pointer, Plato. Hank gets embarrassed when a  flea  starts biting him. Later that day, the ranch house calls Slim and tells him that Molly, the baby is sick, and he has medicine. A blizzard then hits. Slim and Hank try driving down in a truck but the truck goes off the ranch. Slim then gives Hank the responsibility of taking the medicine, tied around his neck, down to the house. The blizzard gets worse and worse and worse. And after about two hours after leaving Slim, Hank sees the two  coyote  brothers, Rip and Snort. The coyotes say that they are hungry for  heart, dog heart, Hank's heart. Hank is walking away from the coyotes after trying to out sing them, and he meets the  burrowing owl, Madam Moonshine, and her  rattlesnake  sidekick, Timothy. Madam Moonshine says that Timothy could easily beat the coyotes in a fight. So the coyotes attack Timothy and Hank and Madam Moonshine walk away. Madam Moonshine says that Timothy will be alright. Hank then continues to the ranch and gives them the medicine.

The Case of the Deadly Ha Ha Game
The Case of the Deadly Ha-Ha Game starts off with Hank and Drover going out into the country after Pete tells them that a magical pot of chicken is out their somewhere. Later on the run into the two  coyotes  Rip and Snort. Rip and Snort say they are going after the magical pot of chicken as well. So it decided that whoever wins a laughing contest wins. Hank and Drover make the two coyotes start laughing so hard that they cannot stop. Hank and Drover run away. Later that day Rip and Snort come after at them for lying about the pot of chicken. In the end High Loper chases them off.