Design

A Look Back at the Questionable, Dog-Powered 'Poochmobile'

One of the least-likely rides of the 1930s relied on a German Shepherd trapped in a big hamster wheel.

If Santa somehow couldn't deliver presents this year, it's comforting to know that another animal-enslaving deliveryman could make the rounds: "Z. Wiggs," the inventor of the incredible dog-powered quadcycle.

Alas, Wiggs is probably not still kicking, given that 1) he was 80 when he made this bizarre contraption, and 2) his health depended on managing an overworked, no doubt furious German Shepherd. (I mean, just look at those locked legs and lowered head and tell me that's a dog happy with its current situation.)