[gemy]

Kudos to you for doing a lot of pre thought on this. Your schedule seems very very amenable for your potential dog. I like that you if you get a puppy have 7mths at home to train and rear your little one.

With that generous stipend at grad level make sure to purchase health pet insurance. One that covers in particular genetic diseases.

Start slowly on the exercise program for your Yorkie. Roughly speaking 5 minutes per day per 4wks of life. Non slip surfaces no jumping. By the time your guy is a year old he should be able to keep up to a mile jog - depending on how fast you jog. I will say though a larger dog is probably better if you plan on inviting your friend daily in a long run or jog. My experience with an in shape adult healthy Yorkie - I hike and not jog is that my Yorkie can easily do a 4-6 hr hike dependent upon the difficulty of the terrain.