Create Incredible Relationships With the Critters In Your Life
Stories & Information to Help Animals Help People
Welcome Animal Addicts!
Ever felt like people just don’t get it about your passion for animals?
My name is Bonnie and I’m an animal addict. I get it!
Animals aren’t optional in your life. They’re essential.
And I understand how our connections to furry friends—horses to dogs to cats and everything in between and all about—have helped make us who we are today.
Our relationships with animals are central to our lives.
And animal encounters continually teach me valuable life lessons. The more I observe their reactions to life events and listen to their wisdom, the more I feel connected to every animal that crosses my path.
If that describes you, too, then welcome to the Rambling Dog pack!
Perspectives for People Passionate About Pets
Through the years, I’ve learned lesson after lesson from so many of the animals in my life.
Casey, our first pony and a masterful escape artist. Tinker, the blind dog who navigated life with joy. Thundercloud, a saintly Appaloosa who took care of everyone from kids to grandmas. Tory, the big black dog who showed us how to live life fully to its very last moment (and became the model for Rambling Dog’s logo). The tiny pink piglet who encouraged me to pursue intuitive communication.
They all taught me valuable life lessons that have made me who I am today.
As you read this, are you reminded of the animals who have taught you things about life?
Or, perhaps you’ve always wanted that special connection with your pet. But it’s felt just out of reach.
You can learn how to connect with your animals on a deeper level.
That’s the promise behind everything I write and create here.
I’m a storyteller. So, through stories, books, guide sheets, and workbooks we’ll ramble along together learning about:
- Bringing a new animal companion to bring into your life
- Observing and interpreting your animal’s body language
- Developing a mindset that invites your animal’s cooperative participation
- Creating an intuitive connection with your pets
- Navigating grief when you outlive your pets
- Reading stories about how animals can offer us important life lessons
- Learning how to capture your own stories about the animals in your life
- And enjoying some stuff just for fun…because we can never get enough of animals
Books
when Winnie Went Away

One of the hardest things about loving an animal in your life is losing that special connection.
Harder still, how do you comfort a child grieving the loss of their pet best friend?
Written as an engaging fictional story, When Winnie Went Away is a compassionate guide through grief for anyone, young or old, who has ever loved and lost a pet.
When a family’s dog is hit by a car, an empathic neighbor listens and mentors as one of the youngsters struggles to make sense of the pet’s tragic death. Together, the neighbors share stories of their furry best friends and explore ways to transform sorrow and keep a pet’s memory alive.
They consider how:
Creating alternative stories can shift feelings and soften grief’s edge
Remembering the ‘spark’ in all living things offers the possibility of reconnecting
Honoring a pet’s memory can lead to acceptance and closure
Harnessing the power of imagination can bring about healing
But neither neighbor imagines the surprising end to their exploration of pet loss or the possibilities that lie ahead.
This gentle tale is written in dialogue, like a play. And only the dogs have names.
When Winnie Went Away invites readers to cast themselves in the roles of caring elder or child as they follow the pair’s journey through pet loss.
A dozen fanciful dog illustrations support this hopeful story’s invitation to imagine.
An ideal guidebook for families to read together, When Winnie Went Away offers consolation to anyone—kids, teens, even grownups—who loses a deeply loved animal companion.
A Dozen Dog Stories With Coloring Pages

Read the true stories of 12 real-life dogs. Then color their magical Zentagle®-style illustrations to create your one-of-a-kind book!
When author Bonnie Kreitler wrote When Winnie Went Away, she asked friends and family to share photos of their special pets to use as models for the book’s illustrations. They not only shared their photos but also their fondest memories.
Now read about what made each dog unforgettable. Then grab your favorite pencils and color their full-page pictures in a 58-page, 8-1/2” x 11” softcover keepsake album. Imagine them whimsically in a kaleidoscope of hues. Or colorize them more sedately according to their breed and coat color descriptions.
Artist Carole Ohl imaginatively captured each pet’s personality. Her artistic use of negative and positive spaces suggests that, while pets may be gone, they are never forgotten.
In the book, you’ll meet:
Hughes – the Irish immigrant who befriended a lost soul
Spatchy—the Corgi who lived up to his name
Tory—eternal optimist who lived life fully to her final moments
Tinker—the blind dog who never lost sight of love
Remy—the gentle soul who calmed a room just by walking in
Sadie—born to search and rescue…and she did
Emma—the dog who anchored love through times of family turmoil
Shaba—the rescue who taught how to relish life’s every moment
Lady—who came in on a cold winter’s night and stayed to warm hearts
Chelsea—the gentle herder who conquered others’ fears
Keesha—empress of all she surveyed who commanded those around her
Lily—the pug with a manifesto who started a movement
Enjoy the stories of a dozen dogs, learn their life lessons, and color their magical drawings to create your unique book!
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