OMD!!!    LMAO!!!   This guy is full of personality!!  And clearly a very smart doggy!!!

I know he's still confused and uncertain and trying to figure out all the new routines, etc, but he really seems to be bonding  very quickly.   Although  you know he's safe and secure,  there's still a lot of uncertainty  and probably  some fear in his  mind right now. He doesn't  know this is truly his home yet and he won't  be given away or abused.   That said, he  seems to be grasping  that being with you is a really good thing.,,,,and it only gets better!

I love the Bull Dog Pillow  Tug Of War!  He's just doing what Bull Dogs do.  You're  doing a great job of giving  him a h9gher value trade off though.  Je's doing a great job of training  you😉

Interesting  about the dynamics of the "step behavior ".  They may have some sort of "not good" association.   

Yeah, I think there's a distinction between "pack leader" and doing the "alpha dog" thing.  Letting them up on the couch when you invite them (because it's "your" couch); having them let you go out the door first because you "own" the door (and it's really a safety thing anyway); you owning the food, etc, etc.

All that said, Myrtle will sit at the food bowl until I tell her to eat....she'll sit at the door until I tell her to come; she's pretty good about waiting to be invited up on the sofa.  But rarely do I utilize those boundaries because she, like all my dogs, were born to be spoiled😉💖

And then there's Frankie,...his door, his  house, his  food, his  couch.....and he just let's me live here🤣😂🤣😂.. As you know, tripawds can get away with anything.  Didn't  mean to get side tracked.

It just warms my heart how he does wa t to be with you.  He even is picking sleeping by uou over his kong!  Pretty darn impressive for just the second night.

Bummer that you jave tk go to work tomorrow.   Will he have free range of the house....a iloty to go in and out...or just stay in crate?  

Thank you for takkng time to share the journey so far.  As you can tell, we are all so thrilled  for both of you and are lovo g hearing all the details so far.  I'm still quite amazed that he is completely  off the walls with whining and pacing  and wondering  what the heck is going on.  Then again, Wally and Benny sent him, so everything  will work out perfectly. 

And his pictures......we can never get enough  pictures of his cute self!!

So....what you're saying is Wally and Benny not only sent you a companion,  they sent you a "fun project"🤣😂

It hasn't  even been seven days yet and only two days before you had to leave him all day for work.  To say things are going "okay" at this point is really good news!👏

I'm sure being in a crate all day does lend itself to a .lot of pent up energy and frustrating.  .  Is it poss you could jave a "dog walker", or someone like that come and walk him once a day?  Do you dare "trust" him enough to let him have free roam pf the house while you are gone...or the yard???  

I can understand him barking at "stranger" people.  Right now everything  and everyone  so new and so strange and he probably still is uncertain who he can "trust".  Maybe that's his way of saying "back off" until I know who you are and what your motives are.  🤔   After all, if I recall,  he first "greeted" you with barking at first visit.

Just throwing stuff out there that I'm sure you've  already thought of or have discounted completely as not of value!!.

And this is just me....but I think it's wonderful that Walter can now sleep on the bed and s snuggle with you on the couch!  Does he "snuggle" yet??

PICTURES!!!  Gotta have some pics of that cute boy!!!

And thanks for updating.  You are doing such an excellent  job of being patient and letting g things u fold in a way that Walter can be his best self.💖  It just will take time, but yet clearly  progress is already being made.