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Dog wheelchairs are used to help mobility-challenged pets to get their exercise. A mobility cart can be used to aid a paralyzed pet or a dog that is no longer able to support its weight without assistance. A dog wheelchair is a simple to use mobility device that helps aging and disabled pets to walk with assistance.
First, determine with your veterinarian if your pet is of sound enough health to manage a dog cart. You can evaluate your pet’s health and mobility at home with the ‘towel test’. Slide a towel in front of your dog’s back legs. While holding on to each end of a towel gently lift your dog’s back legs off the ground. With your dog supporting their weight with only their front legs, slowly step forward.
Continue to vigilantly monitor your pet’s ability, and the amount of time he or she can realistically ‘handle’ in the cart. Your pet should never be in a dog wheelchair for more than an hour. The safe range is between 15 minutes to one hour, a few times per day. Providing plenty of time in between sessions in the cart. We recommend starting with short wheelchair sessions at first and building up to longer periods as a dog builds up their stamina.
If your pet needs rehabilitation (physical therapy) a dog wheelchair will provide the perfect tool for an easier, safer, and quicker recovery. Our Walkin’ Wheels cart is safe for water if you are considering hydrotherapy for injury or post-surgery recovery. A dog wheelchair can aid your dog as they recover and encourage your dog to exercise more. The longer a dog is “down” or struggles with their mobility, the harder it will be to rebuild their strength. A healthy dog is an active dog.
In a nutshell, YES, BUT to prevent mishaps your pet’s wheelchair must:
At any one given time within the day, a pet should only be in the wheelchair for 15 minutes to an hour and be given substantial and lengthy breaks out of the cart.
Your pet shouldn’t have to work so hard at managing the cart that he or she loses interest.
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For the better part of the day when your pet isn’t in their wheelchair and are paralyzed in his or her hindquarters, use a Walkin’ Drag Bag (in your home and your fenced yard). A scoot sack is great for out-of-wheelchair- mobility.
“I have had the best experience with not only the wheelchair but with the wheelchair specialist I worked with. She was wonderful. She helped me make sure I had Bubba fitted in the chair the right way. He has been doing great – running around with it as you can tell on the video. It is just amazing how quickly he picked up on the how to work the chair. He learned to even pop a wheelie over curbs.
I did research a whole lot of chairs and much to my surprise your chair is the only one I could find that allowed my dog to go to the bathroom. All the other chairs did not look that sturdy and you have to unhook the dog from the chair so that they could go to the bathroom. I know that I could have bought a wheelchair for about $89.00, but it just did not look sturdy enough for Bubba. So, I did purchase your chair, and actually he has been running around in it like a puppy.
I can’t thank you enough for creating such a great wheelchair for dogs.
Thank you.”
Donna Filas
Maintain Your Pet’s Wheelchair like a bicycle
Schedule or conduct a Tune-up a few times per year
A local bike shop can also perform a tune-up if you are more comfortable with a wheeled professional performing the tune-up.
