new dog is afraid of husband

Is it possible your dog was abused or seriously frightened by a man before you got him?  That would be my best guess here, and now your dog is simply afraid of men.  I know that with a lot of time, patience and work a dog, especially one as young as yours, would be able to get over this, at least to some extent.  Others who have more knowledge/experience on this issue will be along to give you specific tips, I'm sure.
 
Congratulations on your dog - do you have any pictures?
 
Kate

we have the same types of problems with amelia. she was afraid of me for a good while. she is still afraid of most men and especially if they are wearing hats. she is getting better though. one of the things that helped her most was clicker training. the training in general helped her to have more self confidence and realize that she did have to fear me (or anyone else that we let into our home). more precisely the one thing that helped her most, was teaching her "touch". basically she will touch her nose to your closed hand with a treat in it. once she does she gets the treat. while she  is eating the treat i would give her a scratch on the chin.

tell your husband to have patience. i have been where he is, and i know with time and patience it will get better.

Odie was afraid of me when we first adopted him too.  He would follow my wife wherever she went, but didn't want to have anything to do with me.
 
I took him to obedience classes and worked with him, at home, on training.  Now, he is my bud.  He still doesn't like most men though, especially big men.
 
Have hubby feed her and work with her on training.  Don't coddle her when she shows unfounded fear.  She will come around.

Hun just be very very patiencent!  My pup was the same way and we think some thing happened at the breeder pound...  She was sooooo scared of MEN totally and espec. my hubby.  It has been 2 yrs now and she has learned to trust him and will now eat treats and food from him as long as shes got a quick get away if she dont feel safe.  My hubby was soo mad that no matter what he did she would cower from him and even keep barking at him and hide from him.  She will now jump up on him and lay with him 100% difference.  We just kept working with her and when I had her we slowly had hub get closer and closer so she knew she was safe with me even though a GUY was near her.  Then in time you will see the changing taking place but it will be very slow and dont try to rush it, it could set every thing your doing backwards.  Any further ? you can email me and I will be glad to try to help you since I know what your going through.....  [email=my2angelsrdevils@yahoo.com]my2angelsrdevils@yahoo.com[/email]

It took my rescued dog 10 months til he approached my husband for pets.  Huhby tried to toss him steak, cookies, and nothing would convince him to come close.  The dog was glued to me only.  He also didn't trust my mother in law for 6 months and she lives with us.  I told my hubby to sit on the floor so the dog would feel safer, but hubby was overweight and didn't want to get stuck on the floor.  LOL Anyways, we took the dogs to a vacation house and because hubby was home 24/7 , the dog finally got to know him and accepted him. He even put his front paws on hubbys stomach on the couch.  My advice, don't force it, it will happen.

You've gotten a lot of great advice, I just wanted to say I've been there too. My girl Shy has taken about two years to warm up to my SO and still she won't go near him if I'm not sitting right there. It takes time and patience on hubby's part. Shy is terrified of men, especially men with deep or naturally loud voices - SO doesn't really have either, but when he gets extremely frustrated with her slinking around him he'll raise his voice and then it's back to square one. In my case at least SO has to be trained as much as the dog does. He has to be still and quiet around her, but it's *finally* coming around.

I think she's a pretty extreme case though, I know she was abused pretty bad. Best of luck to you and hope it doesn't take as long as it did with us!! Oh, and she's 12 years old so your pup being younger might help.

Yes my hubby had to learn to speak very soothingly to Red.  Even changing the pitch when he arrives home and greets the dogs "Hows my girl, hows my boy" in a happpy tone.  Having you snuggle with your hubby will let the dog know you trust hubby.
 
Plus, all my guests are instructed to not approach the dog, but to just sit.  I used to have the guests toss cookies toward him, but he would freak out and run out out
of the room.  I will usually sit on the floor with the dog and have any other guest sit on the floor also if they were up to it.  For the dog, seeing people higher than him was terrifying.     

Plenty of nice smoothes and doggy massage!  by your husband, for the dog to bond and realize your husband won't harm him...