Monday, April 14, 2008

Custom wheelchairs keep disabled pets moving


This picture says it all. A recent article discussed how wheelchairs are being built to help disabled dogs.
According to the article, the motives are quites simple. "A growing number of pet owners are turning to custom-built wheelchairs to restore mobility to furry friends whose legs, hips or backs don’t work. The owners’ goals are simple: to reward their pets’ unconditional love with whatever it takes for the animals to live normally."
To read the entire article, http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23792467/

2 comments:

Jan said...

These dogs make great therapy dogs when they visit hospitals and nursing homes.

Anonymous said...

Indeed a pet owner who really loves his/her pet will do anything just to make his/her injured pet a normal one just like others. I think this custom wheelchair will help a lot to those injured one...