Retired Vet Builds Custom Wheelchairs For Disabled Pets And Helps Improve Lives For Countless Animals

Despite being retired, 90-year-old Dr. Lincoln Parkes still adores his work. He devoted a large portion of his life to providing aid to animals that needed it. This amazing retired veterinarian founded K-9 Carts and creates wheelchairs for animals with disabilities.

Although he has been retired for some time, he still works to aid animals, sometimes spending 8 to 10 hours each day creating handmade wheelchairs to enable disabled animals walk more independently.

Dr. Parkes worked as an orthopedic surgeon before retiring, and he used that experience to modify his ideas to make life better for animals. With its already-patent-protected innovations, the animal can move around more easily and pleasantly while still sitting in the chair.

In 1960, he created his first pattern for Dachshunds, a breed that is afflicted with degenerative myelopathy, a rapidly progressing condition that damages the spinal cord. Over the next years, he proceeded to develop enhancements to benefit dogs of all types and sizes.

In addition to helping dogs with disc illness, birth deformities, and other orthopedic ailments, he was able to apply these chairs for other animals because to his perseverance and design advancements. Even Dr. Parkes gave the animals their own boots and slings.

The biggest reward for this vet is not materialistic; rather, it comes from being able to see the animals’ joy as they regain their independence.

Dr. Parkes continued:

Animals, like us, value their independence.

The veterinarian assisted Big Pug, a pug. Father of the animal was really affected and wrote him a letter. Dr. Parkes gave the following statement in a Facebook post:

“Just to let you know, Big Pug loves his cart, which I received yesterday. She forced him to accompany him everywhere. We appreciate your amazing work. Here’s a photo of him grinning while sporting his new wheels. Gratitude again.