I'm wondering....Are you wanting a dog that doesn't like strangers for protection reasons? One that will alert you when people come up and protect your home/family. Or are you wanting one that doesn't like strangers so that it only likes you? The way it sounds you just want a dog to like your more than your husband, but I could be wrong(I was like this, luckily Reagan prefers me over my husband). If this is the case then it might not matter so much what breed you get. I don't know if this is always the case or not but I've seen a lot of people who have two dogs, especially small indoor dogs, and the first dog prefered one person then the next dog was left to prefer the other. The first dog had almost claimed its person and would be almost jealous when the new dog when get around it(not in a violent way) so the second dog just turned to the other person.
Its kinda tough to say this breed doesn't like strangers but this one does because you have different personalities it each breed. I know poodles and malteses have been mentioned as not liking strangers but we had a poodle and it didn't have a probelm with strangers and my friends maltese loves new people. Our yorkie Reagan loves new people too but when new people come over she may go meet them but in the end she always ends up sitting with me. Also as far as females choosing males I don't know about that either. Our yorkie is a female and she compeletly prefers me and we also have a bloodhound who is also a female and she also prefers me. She likes my husband more than my yorkie does but I think that's b/c since it was his dog when we went to obedience classes I made him do most of the work with her, all of it during class. My yorkie likes my husband but never lays with him or really lets him pet her or anything. I really think Reagan just thinks he's a dirty object in our house, b/c she's always trying to clean him.
Have you tried training with your dog. I've found that when you take obedience classes and really work on training with you dog you form a strong bond. The dog almost learns that you are its person and it has to follow you. This might be a way to form an attachment with your pup.
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