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 About Critter Connections

When Winnie Went Away
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.

A Dozen Dog Stories With Coloring Pages
Twelve real-life dogs inspired the Zentangle™-style illustrations in When Winnie Went Away. Read their stories and color their enlarged portraits.
Meet the Author
Bonnie Kreitler, Award-Winning Journalist & Author
I am an author, journalist, and life-long animal lover with a deep curiosity about things that enable humans to enrich their connections to the great and small creatures in their lives.
Under the banner of Rambling Dog Publications, I collect, curate, and share information with fellow animal addicts about ways to care for, train, and communicate more clearly with our house pets and other animals we welcome in our lives.
Along our ramble, I include quirky bits about wildlife, intuitive communications, and more to encourage animal lovers to expand their perceptions of the critters we love.

Stories & Helpful Tips On the Blog
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