When I was in Kindergarten, I had a classmate named Zoey, and Zoey’s dad was blind. My kindergarten teacher had invited Zoey’s dad to class to talk about his seeing eye dog, a German shepherd named Specs.
Specs was the first working animal I had ever met. He could open doors, guide Zoey’s dad through a crowd, retrieve things from the fridge, and could even help Zoey’s dad cross a busy street withou…