[capt_noonie]

Depends on the coat type of your yorkie. Cotton coat is hard to keep long. It grows crazy fast but mats easily. Silky is desired and grows way slow but doesn't mat as bad and is smoother. Obviously a short coat is easier to take care of. Depends on how much time you want to spend on grooming each day. Your york is still young, you need to start training him now with grooming. Get him used to you touching is paws esp for nail trimmings and roll him on his back to brush his tummy. My foster Scraps HATES being flipped over and he's a cotton coat, so it's hard to groom him. =/