Stick to your guns, Girl!!! You let him know in advance of how you feel regarding this, and he agreed!
I didn't take it as you being an animal hater or cruel person at all. Believe me, I have 2 cats that have always slept on the bed and had free reign and when we moved in my fiance expressed a desire to keep them out of the bedroom because he doesn't like hair on his pillow. Because these are my babies, I didn't want to concede. We worked through it by BOTH being willing to concede a bit - have you discussed the idea of a bed for the dog next to his side. I hope he wasn't completely close minded to some compromise. That would be the source of frustration for me, especially if it was discussed prior to moving in. Try to talk it out with him as calmly and openminded as possible - I mean, try to express your feelings without getting upset even if he says the 'this was a mistake' line again...truly see how much he is willing to see your side of it. Because the compromising and working it out so both parties are happy is the goal when we are part of a couple, not either person winning or getting their own way.
I hope you can work through this with him. I guarantee you this is along the lines of the type of argument you will have in the future with child rearing, finances, careers and all the other bigger topics. Handling things like this with the pets is how we learn more on communication with this person. Hang in there.
