Better late than never...
Yep, he's home as of today. He spent the morning running with horses in soaked fields so had that "as a dog" thing going. Nothing like giving a dog you barely know a bath.
Spent the last 5hrs with him, getting to smell the neighborhood, the jeep, the house. Now he's doing dog things with the big rawhide bones I bought. I'd say a good first day. Now if I can just keep him off my ribbon cables...