My neighbor and his wife like to give my boys treats and pets, but the fence made it hard. ❤️

He cut a window added hinges and a latch so he could pet the dogs.

A man standing at a privacy fence with a window built in. He is petting Dalmatian dogs through the window and smiling.

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[–] 55 points 1 year ago (7 children)
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    [–] 44 points 1 year ago

    As long as he asked first lol which I'm sure he did.

    Dogs and neighbors gain new friends! Win-win!

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  • [–] 40 points 1 year ago

    The title with the pic but without the context is hilarious.

    OP: My neighbor cut a hole in my fence.

    OP's neighbor: 😃

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  • [–] 34 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    ITT: OP posts his neighbor doing something wholesome, and commenters lose their shit, accusing him of being some kind of pervert or spy. OP is unphased.

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    Aww I love your neighbour.

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    [–] 12 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    is your name wilson wilson

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I've thought about asking our neighbor about putting a dog door in our shared fence so her dog and mine can play together in either yard without needing to plan out a play date. Seems like a cool idea if it can lock from either or both sides!

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 1 year ago

    If you have dogs that get along, the dog door would be awesome. I bet the dogs would love it. If I was your neighbor, it would make me very happy to see your dog visit me.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Now that is a social Wilson...TV reference

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    The posts are facing into your yard. Wouldn't that technically make it his fence? Maybe I have that backwards? Regardless, cool story, cool neighbor, super cool dogs lol

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  • [–] [S] 12 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    I always thought you would put the posts inward to prevent climbing, but another neighbor installed a fence that was built like you said. I have no idea!

    Maybe it doesn’t matter?

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    I've always thought that the posts face outwards, because you get to look at the nice, finished fence, and not the ugly posts (if the fence was yours). Who knows anymore lol

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I remember a fence with the slats in both sides and the posts in the middle from a childhood home. I think people just started being cheap smh

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  • I remember those, too. Then started seeing (or maybe noticing?) The current fence styles. I think you're right. Things are getting much more expensive, and people aren't earning that much more, so they have to cut corners where they can. It's easy to cheap out on a fence.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    The smooth side does indeed face the owner. But it's about maintenance, not appearance. If the fence faced the other way, you'd have to be standing in your neighbor's yard to fix your own fence if it has a broken board.

    Of course, that doesn't mean that some people don't install their fences backward.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago

    Thanks for sharing, this world needs more posts like this one.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago*

    When I was a kid my dad did a much smaller version of this so the neighbor's dog could stick her head through and we could pet her. The dog loved it.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    That’s cool. I wish I had a fun neighbor. My neighbor rebuilds unmuffled engines 6 feet from my living room window even though I have been asking him to move to literally any other part of his property for 10 years.

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  • [–] [S] 4 points 1 year ago

    Ah yeah that’s rough. He rides a loud motorcycle to work, but I can tolerate it twice a day, especially since it’s at the same time each day.

    I’m lucky to have a good one so close.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago*

    Have you tried placing a speaker next to the window and playing unmuffled engine noise at him whenever hes out there?

    He probably wont enjoy it played back to him non stop, especially if it makes it harder to work on his actual engines.

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    [–] 7 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Good fences do help make good neighbors. And, good neighbors can obviously make a good fence even better.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    honestly if my neighbour had dogs like that, I would too

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    You live right next to Stephen Root? Lucky!

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child)

    It would have been cool if he asked first, but the dogs love him so 🤷‍♀️

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  • [–] 39 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I would guess the main purpose of the hatch is to prevent the dogs freely leaping between yards unsupervised.

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  • [–] 28 points 1 year ago

    There are already gaps between the boards. You think the neighbour is a peeper who is unsatisfied with the view between the boards and so has installed a great big obvious "I'm peeping!" Hatch?

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