My parents are in their late 70's and my mum has a gorgeous black 3 yo cockapoo bitch 'Cleo'. In all their married life, more than 50 years, this is the first dog that my dad has allowed into the house as he is not a doggy man either. Mum has made it tolerable for him by training her to be a very polite dog in the house. Now Cleo automatically puts herself in her crate when they sit down for a meal and stays there until they finish, she is happy to be kenneled outside for some of the time and is so attentive to my mum, the apple of her eye. The only problem comes when Cleo tries so hard to gain acceptance from my dad when she first comes in and is excited, he doesn't like that. So my suggestion would be to get your dog really well trained early on as that is very endearing. Don't try to force your OH to love the dog, get the dog to win him over in time. It can be done.
All the best.
Julia