Molly’s New Ride

Molly’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  bought her the Eddie’s Wheels cart.  Molly has recently been voted the “best loved dog” in Ireland.  “Read More” to [...]

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Custom- built vs Mass- Produced Dog Wheelchairs, WalkinWheels, Best Friends Mobility

Custom- built vs Mass- Produced Dog Wheelchairs, WalkinWheels, Best Friends Mobility

  As caregivers for disabled dogs ourselves, we know how our customers  feel when faced with a dog that suddenly can no longer walk on its own.   We understand the emotional stress of watching your pet drag itself across the floor.  We know how difficult it is to carry the back end of a large [...]

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Mass Vet Referral  Blog  features Eddie’s Wheels

Mass Vet Referral Blog features Eddie’s Wheels

As a local New England company, we’ve cultivated our relationships with many major veterinary surgical and emergency hospitals and animal rehab centers. We have found  that their referrals have sparked our own creativity and  added to our depth of knowledge.   It was referrals from Angell Memorial, Tufts Vet School,  Mass Referral, among  others, that inspired [...]

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Why We Love the Help-em-up Harness

Why We Love the Help-em-up Harness

Just about any dog who might need a wheelchair also needs help moving around the house, getting in and out a car, navigating stairs – and for these short trips, a manual assist is necessary.  It’s not unusual for us to see dogs here being carried in with a towel wrapped around their bellies with [...]

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How it’s Made in America – Assembly and Fabrication of an Eddie’s Wheels Dog Wheelchair

How it’s Made in America – Assembly and Fabrication of an Eddie’s Wheels Dog Wheelchair

Here at Eddie’s Wheels, we are very proud of the fact that we build every cart from scratch at our workshop in Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts.  This picturesque New England village also boasts the longest operating knife-making factory in the United States (www.lamsonsharp.com).  Faced with competition on the marketplace with “made in China” , one size [...]

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Living with your disabled pets – Impact on your home

Living with your disabled pets – Impact on your home

We were recently interviewed for an article about the impact living with a disabled pet can have on your house, for a website called networx.  Here’s the link to the article, where we talk about ramps and dealing with snow and ice. http://www.networx.com/article/eddies-wheels-freedom-for-disabled-dog We’ve been aware of the environmental impact carts can have on your [...]

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Why Eddie’s Wheels Carts do NOT cause decubital ulcers .

Why Eddie’s Wheels Carts do NOT cause decubital ulcers .

Eddie Grinnell, the founder and designer of Eddie’s Wheels carts, is mechanical engineer by trade, so when he was faced with the prospect of designing a wheelchair for his own paralyzed Doberman, he looked at the skeleton of a dog  to create a cart that would support the dog on its bones.   Our vets [...]

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