Laura, a 5-year-old Husky, has a degenerative cornea disease that has left her mostly blind. But that hasn’t stopped her from running the Iditarod in Alaska. Laura is named for musher Kelly Maixner’s grandmother, and is a favorite among the handlers on his team. He said Laura is a cheerleader and a reliable runner — she just prefers not to run at the front of the pack. If she is in the front, she relies on the other lead dog running next to her to find her way. “I think a lot of these dogs could run with their eyes closed and just feel where they’re going,” Maixner said. — Read it at Alaska’s KTUU

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