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:
- Company location: Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts
- Price: From $295 to $1200
- 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.
- 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
- Dogs that have sometimes not walked well in years become mobilized with their new "legs"
- The company also makes full-quad carts for severely disabled pets
- Eddie's Wheels also makes carts for cats
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