Hank the Cowdog Venture out to any farm or ranch across the Canadian West, and you can be sure to meet a happy, hard-working cowdog. At this very moment, I am sitting here writing with my cowdog, Hank, who is sleeping at my feet, dog-tired, after a gruelling day of work...


In the Corral
Maple Leaf Circuit Finals! 2021 MAPLE LEAF CIRCUIT FINALS CHAMPIONS & SEASON LEADERS From left, Miss Rodeo Canada 2020–2021 Alicia Erickson, Jared Parsonage, Griffin Smeltzer, Kendal Pierson, Justine Elliott, (behind) Lucas Macza, Shelby Spielman, Kole Ashbacher (unidentified masked man), Jesse Popescul (and his daughter, Molly), Logan Bird, (two unidentified masked...

In the Corral
Dog Gone Good! At the International Stock Dog Championship at Agribition, from left Judge Jack Regier, Peter Gonnet & Bob (1:46), Campbell Forsyth and CKF Mac (1:59), Russell Roome and Jill (2:47), Rosemary Currie & Hill 70 Chico (3:47) and Sherry Creech and Toad (off course) Congratulations to Peter Gonnet of...

Woman of the West
Dawning of Cowboy Christmas Summer is warm temperatures, long days filled with beaming sunlight, cattle turned out to pasture, and rodeos in full swing; the season otherwise known as Cowboy Christmas. Cowboy Christmas is the height of rodeo season, with July being packed with the most exciting rodeos that every buckle-chasing...

Homes of the West
The Man Cave Elevated
Photos by Stephanie Jager For years, Neil and Elma Hazel admired their neighbour’s weatherworn 1930s-era barn. Finally, Neil stopped in...

Recipes From the Range
Smokin’ Summer!
By Rob Tanner, Publisher Canadian Cowboy Country Magazine As I sit down to write this, the snow is receding, the...
Trail Blazers
Montie Montana
From Big Muddy to 'Big Time' Not every child that slid down a snow-covered hill in Saskatchewan’s Big Muddy Valley...