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A new puppy will sometimes bond very strongly to just one person in the home at first - usually with the person they feel safest or most comfortable with. I always call the favored one a puppy's "first love". Who knows why some pups do this but some do. If you want him to really bond to you, you start to do everything for him from now on. You water, feed, take him outside, walk, groom, train and play with him. Train him to lie on your lap by treating him when he does & offer a little praise. Train him to come to you when called and treat/praise genuinely & look him in the eyes when you do praise, down on his level. Training him to learn basic obedience is a good way to bond with him, even at this young age. Just 2 - 3 minutes x2 daily - short little "sit" or "stay" lessons kept short & fun. Really, sincerely praise him when he gets it. Play tugowar and fun games with him. Talk to him all the time.

Another way to a puppy heart is to drop a treat for him when you walk by; when he comes wandering over near you, hand a treat to him; when he's lying at your feet or by your side, a treat dropped between his paws every so often will warm his puppy heart toward the nice new mommie. If he follows you when you walk to the door or to the kitchen, drop a treat. You can feed him his dinner this way, dropping a piece of his kibble as a treat as he enters your space or stays near you throughout the day & evening. He'll soon associate you with gooooood things and times in his life and want to be near you a lot!

After a couple of weeks of all this intense wooing, stop it all except of course the feeding, taking outside to potty - the necessities but stop all the rest. Just stop it and allow him to work out now he needs to approach you. And when he does, stay a little aloof until he keeps nudging at you, works a little for your attention - then give in and pet, love on him. After a bit of the withholding of the wooing, begin it again for a few days, treatdropping and all. Then stop it again, let him approach, woo you. Keeps a dog like that interested until they fully accept you as an equal with their "first love" in the family.

Some dogs bond to a male or female more easily than the other sex and often the other gender living in the house has to show the new pup in a lot of little ways that they are just as special as puppy's "first love" in the home. Perhaps its your husband's relaxed manner, lower voice or he uses his hands less, doesn't get up & down as much, seems less nervous, is more settled or is seen as more the pack leader in the home - who knows? Or maybe you are too low key & husband's activities & ways excite him, interest & involve him. Perhaps inwardly the puppy senses you see he's not your Gizmo and are having a little inward struggle accepting him - perhaps not. Sometimes we never know why a particular dog doesn't accept all family members the same at first. But you can buddy him up by doing everything with and for him, talking to him, connecting to him every chance you get; and the habit of treatdropping frequently when he's doing nothing but being around or near you will further allow him to see you with new eyes. And then, let him woo you a bit.

Your puppy is still such a baby that you can easily mold him using some of these type methods and he'll soon be looking to mommie as someone awfully special to him and every bit as cool and interesting and loving as daddy.