Your very welcome - good instincts there!

I suffered this same challenge with Hugo. When he was still a puppy it was such an arduous process to comb his hair! I could barely brush it! I called the groomer that the breeder recommended, and she explained to me that his coat was still a puppy and was changing; She recommneded I trim him. I called the groomers references( I alwasy make sure) and Hugo got his first hair cut. After that cut, his coat has been like night and day. Of course his hair gets slight tangles (especially in the armpits) but nothing that I can not manage.

Any suggestions for a cotton coat? I brush every day with a slicker following up with a comb on dampened coat. I use Yorkie Splash and Shine, haven't tried the detangler. The tangles and soft spider web like mats are constant. I have a 9 yr old yorkie also, but her coat is silky, very long and a dream to maintain. I would like to keep my year old cotton coat long, but not sure I can achieve this. Many years ago, I showed Old English Sheepdogs...I feel like I am back in that same routine, only with a much, much smaller dog. GOSH, I hope "YT wise ones" can help me!:confused:

My dog runs from the brush she yelps hollers and youw ould think I was killing her. I did just get all of her hair cut off so shes now bare but all of her tangled matted hair is gone. She is a cotton coat and the groomer told me she had a lot of puppy coat still left whatever that means? I didnt know if anyone could fill me in on that? this is my first yorkie so we are learning together.:D

If I remember your little one is only 5 months old. So, yes, she will still have her puppy coat:)

I would get her used to the brushing gently. Hold her in your lap and brush her as if you were stroking her to get her used to the brushing.
Dampen her coat down with a mist of conditioner (Miracle Coat leave in conditioner is good) before brushing.

I've been using Cowboy Magic and it was a miracle cure for matts on Rizzo. I have to keep him super clean though, more than 7 days without a bath and I start finding lots of matts, espically behind his ears and on his legs. I use both the shampoo and conditioner plus the leave in conditioner. With the leave in, I found that it really weighed his hair down so I mixed it with water (50/50) in a spray bottle and mist him before I brush him after his bath. If he gets a really bad matt I'll put the pure leave in on the matt and pull it apart by hand.
Lots of treats and praise to get them used to it :D

I rescued a 5 week old Yorkie and being a person who has always had VERY large dogs, this has been a total learning experience. I read everything I could and brushed him every day, even at that age. Because he was so little, I had a very soft natural bristle brush and have been using that. He has enjoyed it, but his coat seemed to just twist around itself, even after brushing. I was wrong. The brush never made it through to the skin and what I thought was twisting around itself, was matts forming. I took a stronger brush and then a comb to him today and I'm so distressed. He is totally matted. I got the matts on his back out OK, working from the ends of his hair to the skin, but his thighs seem to hurt him when I work on them. He never nips me and he even nipped me because I was hurting him. I've stopped working on him today, because I don't want to make grooming an unpleasant situation for him (although I really want to go after those matts...and it's taking all the self control I have not to do it until they're gone) and will just do a little every day until they're gone, but I would love some help with any shortcuts I can have if you have them. I've got some human detangling spray but don't want to use it for fear of making matters worse. I've been using a very good tearless puppy shampoo and conditioner when I bathe him and I've read that I should use conditioner on him before I bathe him. The conditioner I have is way too thick to apply on dry hair, so I'll have to get some conditioning spray tomorrow. Will that help me get the matts out? My immediate concern is getting the matts out before I start addressing anything else. Is there ANYTHING I can apply to his hair at this point to help me get these things out? Thanks.