Twenty-one years ago, when our dog became paralyzed due to IVDD, we were offered two options: a $5000 surgery we couldn’t afford or euthanasia. Sadly, times have not changed much – in fact, with the availability of MRI’s, and specialized veterinary care, the cost of spinal surgeries seems to grow every year, while most middle [...]
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The Affordable Alternative
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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Front wheel carts for forelimb disabilities
Eddie’s Wheels is the inventor of the front wheel cart – we built our first one twelve years ago for a dog living in rescue who was born with deformed forelimbs. Front wheel carts constitute a significant percentage of our business, as we are the only canine wheelchair company that makes a simple 2-wheeled device [...]
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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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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
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 .
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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Pure Bred Dogs are Prone to Disabling Genetic Diseases
If it were not for the existence of pure-bred dogs, there probably would not be enough demand for dog wheelchairs to support the half-dozen dog wheelchair companies in the U.S. In a recent issue of All Animals, the magazine of the Humane Society of the United States, the cover article was about the increasing prevalence [...]
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The Real Deal – Personal Service at Eddie’s Wheels
The best part of working at Eddie’s Wheels is meeting those customers who travel to come here for us to meet, evaluate and measure their pets. IWe see an average of a dozen disabled pets every week at our facility. Shelburne Falls, our hometown, is a charming New England hilltown, nestled along the banks of [...]
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Disabled Dogs Working as Therapy Dogs Featured on CBS-Dallas
Oak Hill Animal Rescue (www.ohar.org) has been working with us for several years, calling on us to provide carts for disabled dogs in their care. Jim and Bettye Baker, who run this wonderful rescue outside of Dallas, Texas, have a real appreciation of the power our companion animals have to reach into our hearts. We [...]
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