Lucky Banuska is the self-appointed historian of the Great Ribbon War. The Journals are the oral history of that war. Lucky said he gained the position of historian when he befriended Crazy Barry Harful.

Crazy Barry's memory is slipping because of numerous concussions he received during his car-chasing, tire-biting escapades in his pursuit of immortality. (A prophecy says that one day a dog will bite a tire and stop a car. On that day all traffic will cease, and the dog that stopped the car will become immortal).

Doctor Olga Raysavek, a Golden Retriever, the psychologist for the Midlands Young Dog Obedience/Guide and Guard School says, "It's pure cat pucky. Car chasing dogs are nothing more than addicts, using the immortality prophecy as a crutch to support their addictive behavior." She claims there is no ribbon war. Uninformed animals inadvertently crossing the roadways are struck by cars. That's the cause of the carnage.

And then El Loco Lobo Blanco attacks them. The fight is on, as Lucky and his friends must acquire new flying machines after the old ones are destroyed. It is a struggle against the devil dog, the elements, and themselves as they race to stop the carnage.