Life Through Dogs

Be The Lead Dog - Book

Be The Lead Dog – Book

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 and other core lessons are taught by some of life’s greatest teachers and shared with you via Life…Through Dogs.

You deserve to Be Alive and Thrive! And you can do it…we’ll share with you the simple, straightforward steps to accomplish just that.
Life…Through Dogs is focused on sharing life lessons from the dogs.  Barb & Liz reach out beyond the dog world through speaking, seminars, retreats, education and mentoring and coaching to help others achieve their full potential through application of the lessons from the dogs in order to live your best life.  We also provide offerings to enable you to have fun celebrating and enhancing your relationship with dogs.

“Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.” — Marcus Aurelius Antoninus

“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.