Perhaps so, but as the poster did come to us for advice, we gave her our best. It's true that there is a difference in cultural expectations about what is 'right' in dog care anymore, but it doesn't change the fact that dogs are still dogs the world 'round and they all have the same basic needs. I know the poster has made great strides in fixing up the areas and that's wonderful, we're just trying to tell her that there is still much to do. Right now it's adequate. It could be better, it was worse.
I'm personally not having so much of an issue with the sleeping outside than seeing an overweight dog on a chain. Even though there is apparently space to run, it's obvious the dog is not utilizing it. Most dogs aren't very good at self-exercising alone and I seriously doubt that chain is more than 30 feet long, which doesn't give much slack to get up a good run anyway. Same for the new pup. Good looking space, just very small to fulfill the exercise needs of a growing dog.