Eddie's Wheels

Eddie's Wheels is a company that sells devices that help pets who have either temporarily or permanently lost the use of their rear legs regain their mobility with the use of a two-wheeled cart. The company refers to the device as a "wheelchair." Eddie and Leslie Grinnell founded Eddie's Wheels in 1998, but built their first wheelchair in 1989, for their disabled Doberman Pinscher, Buddha.

Fast Facts:

1. Company location: Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts
2. Price: From $295 to $1200
3. Many dogs that require two-wheeled carts have degenerative myelopathy, a neurological disease mainly found in large sporting breeds such as golden retrievers, German Shepherds, and Labradors.
4. Eddie's Wheels also solicits donations for used carts from owners whose dogs have passed on, and then donates the carts to animal rescue shelters
5. Dogs that have sometimes not walked well in years become mobilized with their new "legs"
6. The company also makes full-quad carts for severely disabled pets
7. Eddie's Wheels also makes carts for cats

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