We met Jim Alaimo, prosthetist, and his business partner, Mark Hardin at a canine rehab conference last year where we were both exhibiting our products to the canine rehab professionals and veterinarians in attendance. We were impressed with the simplicity and craftsmanship in their products. Jim has a long background in human braces and [...]
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Rehabilitating quadriparetic dogs in Eddie’s dog wheelchairs
You might wonder what would possess someone to attempt to rehabilitate a quadriplegic dog. Ten years ago we were faced with this dilemma ourselves: our 10 year old Doberman was suddenly rigid, stuck to the floor unable to lift her head and unable to use any of her four legs….Radiographs confirmed our worst fears – [...]
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Rehabilitating Beau – Adding Acupuncture and Chiropractic
For the past two months, we have been working with Beau, a young pitbull who suffered crushed vertebrae at the T-L junction, resulting in spastic, uncontrolled movements in the rear legs and an inability to carry his own weight with his front legs. He came to us from Bolton Veterinary Hospital after several months of [...]
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Change Your Range – Animal Rehab at Eddie’s Wheels
We have always hoped that eventually Eddie’s Wheels would offer on-site animal rehabilitation services, and we are pleased to say that day has come! Erika McElwey, formerly of Rivermeadow Farm Animal Rehabilitation Center, is joining us on Wednesdays every week to see rehab clients. Erika was our first rehab practitioner for Sweet Pea, our beloved [...]
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Welcome Beau – our new foster pit bull
We met Bubba when Helen, the vet tech who has cared for him ever since he was dropped off at her animal hospital, brought him here to be measured for his wheelchair. His story was a heart-breaker. Hit by a car, taken to a shelter, then finally to Helen’s care – Bubba had suffered a [...]
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Gait 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 “being lazy” about using his rear legs in the cart. Nerves regenerate very slowly – only one millimeter [...]
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Common Myths about Dog Wheelchairs
Here are some common myths about dog wheelchairs that we hear about – from both pet owners and veterinarians – and we’d like to dispel them. Myth #1: Big dogs won’t use carts. Over twenty years ago, when our 80 lb. Doberman became paralyzed in the rear, that’s what we were told too. And in [...]
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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
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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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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