Lots of people have heard the story of Lucky Feeney, the disabled dog whose Eddie's Wheels dog wheelchair was stolen from in front of his house in Roxbury.
The news hit the media and immediately Mark Robinson, from Handicapped Pets saw an opportunity he could exploit to make himself a hero and donated a WalkinWheels cart to Lucky. Since these made-in-China, comes in a box, one size fits all, wheelchairs required no information, engineering or assembly, he was right there the next day with a cart for Lucky. His PR department made sure there was media there, but even then David Feeney and Lucky did not want the WalkinWheels.
Unfortunately for Mark Robinson and Lucky, the cart didn't work for Lucky, because Lucky is weak in the forelimbs and his disabilities were not addressed by the WalkinWheels. David Feeney tried to return the WalkinWheels, but they refused to take it back. A representative offered to put front wheels on the cart, but David, who teaches physics, told him that their design could not and would not work. He was unwilling to put Lucky through any suffering to help them figure out how to engineer a cart for him.
In the meantime, Eddie's Wheels was already building Lucky a new cart at no expense to David Feeney. Unfortunately the media got this one wrong. Lucky's custom counterbalanced Eddie's Wheel cart was sent to him and he's back to wheeling around the streets of Roxbury.
The news hit the media and immediately Mark Robinson, from Handicapped Pets saw an opportunity he could exploit to make himself a hero and donated a WalkinWheels cart to Lucky. Since these made-in-China, comes in a box, one size fits all, wheelchairs required no information, engineering or assembly, he was right there the next day with a cart for Lucky. His PR department made sure there was media there, but even then David Feeney and Lucky did not want the WalkinWheels.
Unfortunately for Mark Robinson and Lucky, the cart didn't work for Lucky, because Lucky is weak in the forelimbs and his disabilities were not addressed by the WalkinWheels. David Feeney tried to return the WalkinWheels, but they refused to take it back. A representative offered to put front wheels on the cart, but David, who teaches physics, told him that their design could not and would not work. He was unwilling to put Lucky through any suffering to help them figure out how to engineer a cart for him.
We own two carts made by Eddie's Wheels. When we were looking at all the alternatives that were available, we were particularly careful to select one that was well engineered, designed and constructed of lightweight materials and that would be custom made for our boy. Most men who have had a suit custom made for themselves by an experienced tailor will attest to how much better that suit feels and moves and fits your body. And so it was with Sam's cart from Eddie's Wheels. Btw, we have two carts because Sam muscle-upped and outgrew his first cart. Come see how happy Sam is in his cart. http://mydogsam01.blogspot.com/
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