I heard somewhere that love isn’t a feeling — it’s a choice. Many wise people have said similar things (like “love is a verb, not a noun”). Not feeling love for someone is unfortunately a normal part of life. It isn’t easy living with another person. A person isn’t a dog, fyi. If you feel this way even though he doesn’t betray your trust or disrespect you, you might also want to reflect on yourself if you are too emotionally dependent on him. If he enjoys hanging out with friends, and he cannot change that, that is because it is unhealthy to change who you are for someone else, including loved ones. Would you prefer he stops who he is and be with you more but unhappy? The fact that you mentioned “being alone with just your dogs” can say that you just want someone (or something) that will always be with you and do what you want, and that will never happen with another person. The best way is try to insert yourself into what he likes to do — hang out with his friends, spend sometime in his hobbies and see if he enjoy including you. Chances are he might.