Front Wheel Carts

We’ve been developing our front wheel carts for 10 years. We were inspired by dogs born with congenital malformations or missing limbs, and front leg amputees who struggle to walk distances and maintain a healthy posture.  We have built hundreds of front wheel carts with great success. 

Eddie’s design is the only front wheel cart on the market that addresses this disability with a simple two-wheeled cart, which, when properly balanced, allows these dogs to reach the ground to sniff and eat, and also to sit down at will.

 

 

 

Watch Colby take her first steps in her front wheel cart:

Front wheel carts are very adjustable, for height and length, and the mesh harness that cradles the chest fully supports the dog’s trunk.  Since a percentage of these dogs are born with front legs missing or deformed, we have sometimes been able to build puppy carts with “room to grow”.  We have found that getting these dogs into carts at an early age:

• Supports healthy posture and conformation

• Teaches them to use their rear legs with an articulated gait, instead of bunny hopping.

Watch the videos of Bella, a pitbull puppy born with deformed front legs race around in her front wheel cart: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzOZKv4RCRg&feature=channel

And Princess Daisy, a pug puppy who jumps curbs: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRCQB07qK74

 

Front wheel carts are a more challenging learning curve for both the dog and the owner.  Owners should expect to spend several weeks training their dogs to use a cart.  For proper balance, the center of the wheel must be aligned with the center of the dog’s shoulder.  Every cart comes with instructions about how adjust the balance of the cart, and the necessary tools to do this.

To order a front wheel cart, click here to download a special front wheel cart measurement form.   Be sure to hold the dog in a healthy normal stance and provide us with straight line measurements.  Feel free to call us for phone consultation about your dog’s front leg disabilities: 888-211-2700.

Below, some of our happy customers:

Venus, Pablo and Carman – 3 chihuahua siblings born without front legs.
Watch Beatnik, another legless Chihuahua in his wheels: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvZM7QALveM

Sophie, the greyhound, had a front leg amputation.

Babybear, rehabbed from a broken neck, in a front wheel with rear training wheels.

Sparks, a bulldog with deformed forelimbs, sitting up for the first time with his head high