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submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by W3dd1e@lemmy.zip to c/aww@lemmy.world
 

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.

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[–] Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 53 points 10 months ago (7 children)
[–] noxypaws@pawb.social 3 points 10 months ago

The* boys

Just cuz we legally "own" them doesn't mean we gotta refer to them that way! I'd never refer to MY dogs like that

...wait

[–] fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

How do you know this?

edit Oh you mean the neighbor saying that. I'm slow.

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[–] selkiesidhe@lemm.ee 42 points 10 months ago

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

Dogs and neighbors gain new friends! Win-win!

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 39 points 10 months ago

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

OP: My neighbor cut a hole in my fence.

OP's neighbor: 😃

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 33 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] lars@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 10 months ago

Same here. ~~You and~~ I might be projecting.

[–] humble_boatsman@sh.itjust.works 22 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] W3dd1e@lemmy.zip 22 points 10 months ago

Yes! He was so happy when he could pet the dogs, which is why I wanted to share the picture.

[–] Dojan@pawb.social 13 points 10 months ago

Aww I love your neighbour.

[–] cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone 12 points 10 months ago (1 children)

is your name wilson wilson

[–] W3dd1e@lemmy.zip 8 points 10 months ago

I said that to him! You read my mind.

[–] Bluefruit@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago
[–] noxypaws@pawb.social 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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!

[–] W3dd1e@lemmy.zip 3 points 10 months 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.

[–] andybytes@programming.dev 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Now that is a social Wilson...TV reference

[–] slaveOne@reddthat.com 9 points 10 months ago

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

[–] 01189998819991197253 9 points 10 months ago (2 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

[–] W3dd1e@lemmy.zip 11 points 10 months ago (1 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?

[–] 01189998819991197253 7 points 10 months ago (2 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

[–] plz1@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago

I always see them posts-in, so the outward appearance (to the street, etc.) is nice. Curb appeal. Also to make it harder to climb.

[–] JennyLaFae@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] 01189998819991197253 3 points 10 months ago

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.

[–] logicbomb@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months 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.

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months 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.

[–] atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 8 points 10 months 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.

[–] W3dd1e@lemmy.zip 4 points 10 months 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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[–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 3 points 10 months ago

On a tangent: that's probably the 2nd most widely misinterpreted Frost poem after the two roads diverging in a yellow wood.

[–] DogPeePoo@lemm.ee 6 points 10 months ago

You live right next to Stephen Root? Lucky!

[–] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

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

[–] elevenbones@piefed.social 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

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

[–] W3dd1e@lemmy.zip 32 points 10 months ago

He did ask first. We came up with the idea together. I didn’t expect how happy it would make him and his wife. That’s why I wanted to share. ^_^

[–] Almacca@aussie.zone 3 points 10 months ago
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