Life Through Dogs
Life…Through Dogs is focused on sharing life lessons from the dogs. Barb & Liz reach out beyond the dog world to help others achieve their full potential through speaking, seminars, camps and individual and group coaching. We also provide clinics and products to enable you to have fun celebrating and enhancing your relationship with dogs.
Are you looking for more Focus? Do you need to restore Trust – in yourself, your work, your relationships or your life? Has Patience somehow slipped your grasp and you find yourself rushing and frustrated? These core lessons are taught by some of life’s greatest teachers and shared with you via Life…Through Dogs.
Liz & Barb’s story of their individual journeys to compete in and finish the grueling, 1150 mile, Iditarod Sled Dog Race, give people hope and strength. Through their educational and entertaining stories and keen insights, Liz & Barb bring dog sledding to life. Their inspiring stories move people to commitment, perseverance, and action. They will give your audience an adventurous experience they will never forget.
Deepen your relationship with your dog and people, connect with nature, improve self confidence, and learn to take timely action. Learn these skills and more in the Urban GO DogsSM clinic, an intimate, hands-on clinic for people who want to harness their dog’s pulling energy while having FUN! Urban GO Dogs is for beginners who want to know how to exercise their dogs through a fun ride for you while using the dog’s inherent desire to run and pull. Urban GO Dogs is also for advanced dog trainers who want to invigorate their training and have a focused refresher while learning to have even more fun with dogs in harness.
We also offer a variety of products ranging from equipment such as Diggler Dog Scooters, to inspirational information like Crimp! On-By!! and Be the Lead Dog, a compilation life lessons taught by dogs as told through quotes, stories, and photos. At our Life Through Dogs Camp, teenagers learn about life while being taught how to train sled dogs. Teens believe they are learning about dog sledding and while working with the sled dogs the teens will begin to understand themselves and how living in harmony can help them live more happily and achieve their goals with ease.
“Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.” – Mahatma Ghandi.
Life…Through Dogs Co-Founders are Barb Schaefer and Liz Parrish
Liz Parrish, aka “Iditarod’s Littlest Musher” finished the 2008 Iditarod to celebrate her 50th birthday, despite being seriously injured early in the race. Liz spent a lifetime preparing for the challenge of Iditarod — before age seven she had conquered childhood cancer and meningitis, and as an adult has overcome fibromyalgia, clotting disorders, and a compromised spine as a result of the radiation cancer treatments as a 4-year-old. Liz is the author of Crimp! On-By!!, The True Story of a Most Unlikely Iditarod Lead Dog, and her latest book is Be the Lead Dog, 7 Life Changing Lessons Taught by Sled Dogs. Liz is also a sought-after speaker, coach, musher and innkeeper.
Barb Schaefer and her Siberian Huskies are Siberian Husky Club of America multiple award winners and International Sled Dog Racing Association Gold and Silver medal winners. Barb is well known as a mentor to teenagers in Life Through Dogs, she is also a professional speaker and life enthusiast.
