Sheep to Showbiz

In Sheep to Showbiz, you will follow Miste, a smart, plucky little Border Collie from an ancient barn on a sheep farm in Perthshire, Scotland, through her despair on the death of her first, beloved mistress to the Midwest of the United States. Discover, in her own voice, how she learned to love her second family and become a commercial model and therapy dog. Hear her relate decades of dog family history from the Wise Old Goat at the farm in Scotland and German Shepherd Dog, Rayne, the canine family historian in Missouri. You will take away an appreciation of a dog’s learning, thinking, feeling, and serving.

What Readers Have Said About Sheep to Showbiz

“I had to get a box of tissues in one part …”

“I loved the history stories. I have a German Shepherd Dog.”

“I’ve been training for years, and I learned stuff I never knew.”

“What a character Miste is. She is so ‘dog.’”

“Had a tough day – Miste was great therapy.”

Author Biography

Ann Gafke grew up with dogs and has been training dogs and their people for 60 years. The stories in Miste’s book are drawn from these experiences. In her dog school, Ann has mirrored balls, disco lights, strobe lights, black lights and bubble machines in the ceiling and decorated walls featuring Drill Team canine members. Some of her dogs have been in plays, movies, and Hallmark card shoots. They have been print models for Travis Duncan Photography. Their German Shepherd, Scarcity, had her own Christmas Card, Memo Pad, Mouse Pad, and photo insert in a picture frame. Miste starred in a nationwide commercial for Mizzou online classes.