Well haveing had a golden labrador and a yorkie ( both now at rainbowbridge) I think the labrador was far easya to bath.
Both hated the bath but the lab was big enough not to hide our yorkie could find his way into the smallest of hidy holes, once in the bath size was no differance they could both splash as far as the ceiling with water. When it came to drying our lab loved the warmth of the dryer but our Yorkie would give me the run around the bedroom untill he was dry and my room was wet so give me a large dog anytime
for bathing, but a yorkie for cuddling up to,