[yorkietalkjilly]

Often with dogs like this are showered with too much affection and not enough life-enriching activities and that's just boring to some dogs. They often become leery of someone who is trying to lure them back by loving on them a little too much - acting just a little desperate to get them "back". I don't know if that's what's happening here but it happens all too frequently as one fears they are losing their dog's best affection to another family member.

Dogs usually pick the pack leader to hang with, given a choice, but if your husband is not around as much as you, he likely sees his spending time with him at night as fair time-sharing. But even if you both work, dogs usually choose to spend the most time with the person they feel most comfortable around. If your dog is insecure or anxious, it's natural for him to want to be near or around the one he feels most secure and protected around. Dogs love to seek out those who are natural leaders - it's in their genes. Many dogs see Daddy as the strong leader of the pack and gravitate to him, especially if he plays and makes time for fun with them.

Begin to do fun, upbeat very short obedience training sessions two or three times a day with Simbo, teaching him some fun tricks to do for a favorite treat reward and happy praise and he'll begin to feel good about his accomplishments and connect that good feeling to you. Dogs love to train and show how smart they are - love the positive reinforcement they get from showing off and all the positive attention they get. And dogs love their trainer who keeps the sessions short, fun, upbeat and non-militant in tone.

Sit down and place his favorite treats all around on your lap, your legs, in an open hand, beside you on the couch, etc., from time-to-time and at first, just ignore him as he comes around seeking them out. Act aloof as he scarfs them up and even if he goes away. Repeat as often as once a day in order to begin to have your dog associate you with his favorite treats and see you as valuable to him.

Make yourself interesting to him but keep aloof in the process. Play with his toys while you ignore him. Just get one and toss it up in the air over and over, coo over it, toss it across the floor and run over and get it. Grab up another one and do the same things. Pretend you are chewing on his chewies - yum it up as you play like you are comping away and ignore him if he tries to join in and get it. Then toss it across the room, go get it and resume the play-chewing. Toss a ball and run and get it a few times. Should he join in, just keep playing on your own for a while and eventually, after a few days, begin to acknowledge his presence a little bit but not that much for the next few weeks - not until he begins to come to you on his own while hubby is around. After that, when he initiates contact with you on his own, begin to play with a toy and have some wild fun with him so that he sees you as lots of fun.

The trick is to make yourself more of a confident, interesting, enjoyable but calm leader type to him by engaging in some fun training exercises with him where you two can achieve something together, make him more self-assured about himself and he can feel a real bond with you; but otherwise, you are going to be playing hard to get for a while as you do odd or interesting, entertaining things until he begins to see you with "new" eyes, approach you and place his muzzle under your hand or paw at your arm for attention, wanting to get some of what you now have for himself. I wouldn't shower him with affection right then but rather engage the other aspects of your relationship with him until he begins to choose to spend time with you on a regular basis when your husband is around and then you can begin to show affection. Try it for a while and see what happens.