Buddy's First Cart

At Pyrapalooza last year we looked at the workshops and decided that the only one we really thought that Buddy could do was the carting. It turned out that he did some of the agility components too, but he really had the most fun at the carting workshop. When the offered the carting workshop again we were really excited and signed right up - in fact I was the first person to submit their Pyrapalooza registration to Judy.
This year the carting workshop went really well again and we decided that it wasn't some sort of fluke that Buddy did so well last year. At the workshop we tried out a harness made by All Things Bright & Biothane which we really liked and our enthusiasm for Buddy's exciting new activity we ran over to their table and wanted order one. They nicely pointed out that there was one in the silent auction so we bid on that one and won! To go with it we did order an all purpose leash (all rings and clips for versatile configurations) and a bell.

I totally tried to convince Todd that we should also buy a cart but Todd pointed out that we should take things one step at a time.

Instead of buying a cart I did lots of research and found lots of good examples of pre-made carts to give me ideas for what I wanted the finished product to look like, and one or two actual cart plans. After scouring the basement I decided that I'd take a first stab with a milk crate and the wheels of a defunct Weber grill and this is what I ended up with. It isn't pretty, but it works!