Abby loves being close to me, even if it means being in a baby carrier! actually this is a carrier made specially for little dogs. It has a place for the dogs' tail and for the feet to face out just like the real baby carriers. Abby isnt sitting in it the correct way here, but I just got it today so she is not used to sitting in the feet out position yet. But she loves It! As soon as I had it out of the box, she was trying to crawl in it!