Luckily Tucker doesn't need me to hold him all the time but he is my shadow and I can't go anywhere without him. 99% of the time I don't mind. I know the feeling of trying to carry a full laundry basket with a Yorkie trying to get involved...and there are 2 flights of stairs involved when I do laundry. Now I just plop Tucker in the laundry basket and it's away we go!