Rescue Dog Transformation - Walter

This is Walter. He was rescued from a public dog shelter in Romania (google provided me with some of the most upsetting pictures I have seen in my life). Here he is as he arrived at the shelter of the charity that saved him from the public shelter and sent him for a new life in the UK.

Getting a once over by a vet in Romania.

First picture I saw of Walt. Such sad eyes and looked so small.

Walter' first day with us, sizing up the smaller human.

I love his little wonky legs

Won't lay on me, but always right next to me.

So good with his sisters Georgie & Diego

First time at the beach - ride home after 3 hours running free like a mad man

Life changed when his little brother showed up. He had obviously had a lot of negative experience with other dogs, but Angus has brought him a new found friendship.

Little feet

Such a happy boy

Edit: wow woke up and walts face was ok FP - thanks guys for all the love. Walter is here having a cuddle in bed with me (he shouldn't be in the bed - but I'm not going to argue!) Saw a few questions that were the same in comments so -
1. No idea about his legs - we were told ahead of getting him he was a sausage dog and when he was put in my lap he has the torso of a regular dog. We've been told he has dwarfism, he was a cross breed with a sausage dog, cramped conditions etc. Will never know for sure. He runs like a bolt of lightning even if he does run funny. And his legs are powerful. He drags me down the road more than our German shepherd. Vets can't do anything now as after a few months it's pointless. He will at some point likely start tripping frequently or be unable to jump up.
2. Yes we have a female cat called Diego. That's hubby's fault. We got two kittens so young and didn't know the sex. Named them after George Best & Diego Maradona - when we found out they were female a short while later he refused to rename them, except George became Georgie.
3. Romanian dog shelters are awful, I wasn't sure how much of his lovely soul would be left when we got him. He was terribly territorial about food, his bed, his things, and would panic if woken up quickly. We worked to make him feel safe and secure and he very quickly learned no harm would come to him here. I sometimes get hate for not adopting from our country, but I tell people to see how dogs live there and ask them to look up adoption rates there.
4. I needed Walter as much as he needed me, he saved me.