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Article: Veterinary Pet Insurance Gives Pets New 'Wheels'; Coverage for Carts Enables a New Generation of Pets.
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- PR Newswire
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- June 15, 2004
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BREA, Calif., June 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Shotz may not have use of his back legs, but he has his wheels. A seven-year-old dachshund whose hind legs are paralyzed from a ruptured disc in his back, Shotz had little hope of ever walking again. His owners could not afford the surgery necessary to restore the use of his back legs and were going to have him put to sleep. Instead, Shotz was adopted by Vicki Stephens, director of the Veterinary Pet Insurance (VPI) Skeeter Foundation, who, with the help of Eddie's Wheels for Pets, gave Shotz a new lease on life.
In the past, pets suffering from paralysis due to a common "slipped disc" had little hope of leading normal ...