I started this blog (actually on my freelancing website at the time – nycgadgetgirl.com) in August 2004, when Snick wasn’t quite a year old. For the next four years, I blogged a good bit. Living in Hell’s Kitchen with my young daughter and dogs, I had amusing things to write about. I met fascinating people. Crazy things happened. I started a Shiba meetup group. I started a Shiba rescue. I fostered dogs. We had run ins with tourists and homeless people. Snick charmed strangers on the street. Life was interesting.
In 2008, we moved to Indiana for seven months. While I was there, the website moved to jennaandsnickers.com and became more about education. Snick and I joined a training club. I started writing about training, behavior, and humane education. The idea for Animals Who Educate was born.
We moved back to NY. I had plenty of things to write about. Snick started an online newspaper, and I built up his facebook and twitter followings to support the eventual launch of Animals Who Educate.
But in 2010, I moved to Mississippi to help my parents with the family business. I tried for a while to keep the blog going. I have a long list of half written posts, ideas for posts, requests for posts, etc. I have one about Shiba sports that’s been finished except for the proof reading for about 2 years now. I don’t have time to write and certainly don’t have time for “brand building” on social media. Snick’s facebook and twitter accounts languish unused for months at a time. Sometimes it takes weeks for me to answer comments or emails that come through the website. So, today, I removed my contact page and turned off comments on old posts. I’ll leave the site up, because a few of our informative posts still get a lot of traffic. I may pull out an old draft and post something occasionally, but there won’t be any rhyme or reason to it.
Maybe in another ten years, I’ll start writing again. You never know what might happen.
Hey Jenna, just wanted to say hi! Hope things are well with you guys. Also, I wanted to say thank you for everything have have done over the years!!!! We do miss hearing from/ about you guys, but totally understand. Feel free to drop a line to say hi anytime…. Holli & the crew in IL
So much to do and so little time. So many of us are spread too thin. There is so much guilt associated with not getting things done that we think we should be getting done. Congratulations for being able to come to terms with your time and your lifestyle and being able to move a few of those feel-guilty items off your list of must-do-at-some-point-soon list to the list of things you used to do and may again do someday list.
Best wishes Jenna! I contacted you a couple of years ago, looking for advice. I had two dogs and then adopted two rescues, I was hopelessly lost, trying to integrate them. Your advice was helpful and I was able to hang in as we all figured out our place in the pack. I like to think I’m the leader but I think they are indulging me.
I’m going to try and send you a picture of my pack if I can figure out how to post it.
Many thanks, Jenna <3
I really appreciated the information from your blog- thanks for doing it. Best of luck to you and yours.
Thank you all for your comments. 🙂 It’s great to know that people enjoyed, and benefited, from my blog! That’s why I’ll be leaving it online and, maybe, someday getting back to blogging again.
Find your blog today, and I liked it very much thank you for all your writings.
Regards