[nvnvgirl]

I like the looks of the long coat, but there is NO WAY I'm going to spend the time it takes to maintain it on a boy dog who loves to lie in the sand during the day and his favorite activity is to attack the sprinklers when they come on if he can get to them. Plus, it's rarely cold here where we live, the summers get over 120 deg. F.
But the main reason we decided to keep Max in a "puppy" cut (it's not really exactly that, it's just very very short), is b/c of how cute he was when he was a puppy and we wanted to keep that look as much as possible.
I think any type of cut looks good on them and I think it's up to the owner how they want their dog to look and isnt' really the business of anyone else.