http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080325/ap_on_re_us/pet_wheelchairs]Wheelchairs keep disabled pets moving (AP)[/URL]



AP - When Gary Mikus learned that an incurable nerve disease was starting to paralyze the hind legs of his German shepherd, he immediately dismissed the idea of putting the dog to sleep. Then he spotted an ad in a pet food store: "Eddie's Wheels For Pets. Help for Handicapped Pets." Now the dog named Bear, which has been Mikus" constant companion for a decade, has a lot of living left to do — much of it in his new pet wheelchair.