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September 27

Wheelchair

Hi all,

I've just checked the article about wheelchairs and I've noticed it's only about the wheelchairs for humans. Is there anyone who would like to write information about wheelchairs for animals and pets? After googling "animal wheelchair", we can find many pictures of wheelchairs for dogs, cats and even rabbits, guinea pigs or sheep. Thanks! 92.97.101.170 (talk) 09:22, 27 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

"Wheelchair" doesn't seem like quite the right name, to me. After all, the version for pets lacks a chair. Perhaps we should ask what this is properly called, over at the Language Desk, and add an article under that name. StuRat (talk) 09:39, 27 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Interesting. They do seem to be called dog wheelchairs and dog-carts (which is also ambiguous) in the trade, e.g. here and here, so I guess the appropriate article would be called animal wheelchairs or some such.--Shantavira|^{feed me} 10:05, 27 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Those sound like rather informal names. Is there a more formal name used by the industry ? StuRat (talk) 11:25, 27 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I've dealt a bit with disabled dogs and have visited Eddie's Wheels. The most common term is simply 'cart'. Dismas|^(talk) 14:27, 27 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Walkin' Wheels claims to produce 'dog wheelchairs', so maybe this should be the name of a potential article. 'Cart' is kind of too general. OsmanRF34 (talk) 17:49, 27 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]