Wheelchairs

The Adjustable Pet Rehabilitation Wheelchair supports the rear end and is adjustable to fit a range of dog sizes, suiting dogs with hind-limb weakness from age, injury or a degenerative condition. The Dog Front-Limb Mobility Wheelchair is built the other way round, supporting a dog whose difficulty is with the front legs rather than the back, which is a less common but genuine need.

Both types are designed to be worn during activity and exercise rather than all the time, giving a dog with limited mobility a way to move, explore and stay active despite the limitation.

A wheelchair needs to match your dog's specific measurements — body length, height and weight — far more precisely than most other equipment on this site, since a poor fit can be uncomfortable or even harmful rather than just ill-fitting. Adjustable models, like the Adjustable Pet Rehabilitation Wheelchair, give some room to fine-tune the fit as a dog's condition or weight changes.

It's genuinely worth measuring carefully against the manufacturer's own size guide rather than estimating from your dog's overall size, since two dogs of the same breed and weight can need different frame sizes depending on their build.

A wheelchair is usually introduced for a specific reason — recovery from surgery, a diagnosed degenerative condition, or a permanent disability — and a vet or veterinary physiotherapist can advise on whether a wheelchair is appropriate for your dog's particular condition, and how long they should spend in it each day. Some conditions benefit from a wheelchair being introduced gradually alongside other rehabilitation, rather than used constantly from day one.

If your dog has recently developed new mobility problems and hasn't been assessed by a vet yet, that's the right first step before buying equipment — the underlying cause affects both whether a wheelchair helps and how it should be fitted and used.