Sweet Pea – The Paralyzed PitBull from Animal Precinct
We don’t know much about Sweet Pea’s life before she landed at the ASPCA, paralyzed and emaciated, covered with pressure sores on all her boney prominences. All we know is that she was given the name...
View ArticleMolly’s New Ride
We love this video of Molly the border collie in her new Eddie's Wheels cart. Molly had had a cart by another manufacturer. A visiting American named Eileen thought Molly deserved a better ride, and...
View ArticleDog Wheelchairs for Dogs with Hip Dysplasia and Arthritis
When Neikko, a six year old Akita, showed up here for a wheelchair, I was skeptical that he’d use it. He was able to stand and walk, but not very far, and his family told me that he had not been able...
View ArticleA dog wheelchair can save your dog’s life
We received a phone call from a local person the other night – he’d been told by his vet that he should think about putting his five year German Short Pointer down because he had suddenly “gone...
View ArticleFarm Animals Rehabilitate in Wheelchairs too!
When Sheila, the farm manager of Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary called us to help them with Summer, a sheep disabled due to meningeal worms, we were grateful that we had spent a year providing...
View ArticleCustomized carts offer solutions for animals with unique disabilities
Little Gus, a 3 lb. chihuahua was shaken by the neck by a husky and rendered quadriplegic. But he and his family did not give up on him. Time is a great healer, and once Gus was past the crisis in...
View ArticleHow Long Does it take a dog to learn to drive a cart? If it’s an Eddie’s...
We are always asked, ” How long does it take a dog to adapt to using a dog wheelchair?” In our experience, if a dog is unable to walk on his own and is in otherwise good health, most dogs take right...
View ArticleGait Re-training Using Eddie’s Wheels Stand and Dogtread
Albert, a French Bulldog, who had spinal surgery in April 2011 came to see us two months ago to have stirrups put on his wheelchair. Despite having feeling in his feet, he was dragging his legs and...
View ArticleHenry the Deer
Henry lives in a wildlife refuge and rehabilitation center. He was born with dwarfed forelimbs and paralyzed rear legs and was not expected to survive. Instead, he has thrived. Such a tough little...
View ArticleFront wheel carts for forelimb disabilities
Roosevelt, a border collie, pops a wheelie in his Eddie’s Wheels front wheel cart. Eddie’s Wheels is the inventor of the front wheel cart – we built our first one twelve years ago for a dog living...
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