It is said that a cowboy should be fulfilled if he’s had but three things in his life – a good horse, a good dog, and a loving wife. Bryce Burnett,a rancher and poet in southwestern Saskatchewan, builds on a ll three of these popular cowboy poetry topics in Horses, Dogs and Wives .He not only provides insights into his love of the land and various interactions with his favourite animals – horses and dogs – but he also comments on the joys and challenges of living and working with those of the opposite sex. Burnett is well-known for his performances on the cowboy poetry circuit in Canada and the U.S. A. This anthology follows his award-winning first book, Homegrown and other poems , with yarns about the most fulfilling aspects of country-style living in the past and the present, doused with humility and capped with a generous dose of humour. Cowboy poetry and short stories, Humour; 128 pages; 6”w x 9”h; 39 photos; ages 13 to adult, general audience.