Your dog hardly looks neglected.
Spending the day laying in the sun (at the moment) in a nice big yard is not neglected. Spending your life tied to a leaky doghouse is neglected.
Ungh...yeah. And there are an awful lot of those types, I agree.
I remember places back home where I never saw the dog interact with anyone, and they coulda gotten tangled up for hours without anyone noticing.
So there's that.
Tonight he gets to meet everyone. Hopefully he manages to keep his feet either on the ground or suspended (he's learning to bounce in place...heh) rather than planted on someone's front.