Lilawasta cart pros/cons?

[Solomon]

I'm thinking of getting the Lilawasta cart from dogcarts.com. Anyone using one of these carts? Pros/cons?

Thanks!

[fbkeays]

I have seen this cart. The biggest drawback is that the dog can NOT down while in harness. If you never want your dog to down, then OK, but I think this is a serious drawback.
It also looks like a wagon(wooden sides), but it is two wheeled so balance is very important consideration.

[Solomon]

Really? if you look at the website it shows a dog in the harness in a down. Is the photo misleading about the harness?

[fbkeays]

Unless the guy has changed his design, then the dog is actually unhooked from the cart. I have seen two different rottweilers in this cart in the last year. They physically could not down while in harness, attached to the cart. The ARC carting test requires a down while attached to an empty cart. One person borrowed a sulky for the test instead of using their brand new cart and the second person at another carting test tried to down their dog. Dog refused. With closer inspection, it was discovered that the dog couldn't because of how the harness was attached to the cart.
On another list a person waited nearly a year for this cart. I don't know if it is from the same guy or a distributor or what.
It has been about a year since I have last seen one. About a year and a half ago I saw it for the first time. There are somethings I liked about it, but the downing problem really turned me off of it. IMO.

[Solomon]

Thanks for the heads up! I think I'll pass on the Liliwasta, then. I've also been looking at city-mini sulky's and the Graham Carriage, which is made here in Portland.