Edition: U.S. / Global  NEIGHBORHOOD REPORT: MANHATTAN UP CLOSE;
Snug as a Dog in a Baby Carrier Is the Latest Refrain for Pet
Lovers  Published: August 13, 2000  Annie Rosenberg is a good
employee. She never laughs when her boss at Albees, the baby
store on the Upper West Side, wears her poodle to work.  And
when the boss is out of town and calls the store worried that
her poodle, Austin, is lonely, Ms. Rosenberg plops the five-
pound dog into the infant carrier called a Baby Bjorn and
continues working.  ''I'm an extremely good employee,'' she
said.  Austin is not the only dog traveling in a baby carrier.
This summer, lots of New Yorkers are transporting dogs in the
Baby Bjorn ($78.99) and the Snugli ($40.99), and in pet
equivalents like the Daba Doo ($44.99) and the Poocheroo,
recently discontinued.  Petco stores in Manhattan, on East 86th
Street and Union Square, sold all of those carriers this spring;
Deborah Ortiz of Animal Attractions, on East 66th Street, said
she could not keep them in stock. Jan Kost