02158cam a2200361 i 4500 430980107 TxAuBib 20200724120000.0 181127s2018||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2018954324 9781732647015 1732647011 9781732647060 1732647062 9781732647022 173264702X TxAuBib rda Farmen, Thomas W.,. Bessie's story [Book] : watching the lights go out / Thomas W. Farmen. Watching the lights go out. [United States] : Bessie's Story, LLC, 2018. 169 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "A devoted dog's advancing blindness provides timeless life-lessons on the art of aging gracefully.". Before we begin -- Time remaining -- Supplements -- Hope -- Halloween -- Perspective -- Hot chocolate -- Snowmen -- Houseguests -- New tricks -- Weekends -- Spring training -- A night out -- Back in the water -- Graduation -- Summer vacation: part one -- Summer vacation: part two -- Wounded -- Back in school -- Annual checkup -- Ice hockey -- Instincts take over -- Barking at the dark -- Catching a buzz -- She's upstairs again -- Right-eyed Bessie -- Cotton balls -- A retriever forever -- Talking to dogs -- Angel's halo -- Love the one you're with -- Watching the lights go out. An inspiring story about a charming, brave, chocolate Lab who gradually loses her eyesight. The author leads the reader from the unexpected diagnosis of terminal blindness for his beloved four-year-old pet through the two-and-a-half year transition to sightlessness. In the process, Bessie unwittingly becomes an expert mentor and teacher for the high-wire act of growing older with grace and optimism. 20200724. In English. Blind dogs Biography. Dogs with disabilities Biography.