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submitted 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days 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 54 points 6 days ago
[-] fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

How do you know this?

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

[-] macaw_dean_settle@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago

*our.

This is an edit and not a footnote. Therefore the * comes before the word and not after.

[-] noxypaws@pawb.social 3 points 6 days 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

[-] selkiesidhe@lemm.ee 42 points 6 days 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 37 points 6 days 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 37 points 6 days ago

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 5 days ago

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

[-] floo@retrolemmy.com 32 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Jealous that you have such an awesome neighbor

[-] humble_boatsman@sh.itjust.works 22 points 6 days ago
[-] W3dd1e@lemmy.zip 22 points 6 days ago

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

[-] noxypaws@pawb.social 10 points 6 days ago

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 5 days 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.

[-] Bluefruit@lemmy.world 12 points 6 days ago
[-] Dojan@pawb.social 13 points 6 days ago

Aww I love your neighbour.

[-] cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone 12 points 6 days ago

is your name wilson wilson

[-] W3dd1e@lemmy.zip 8 points 6 days ago

I said that to him! You read my mind.

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 12 points 6 days ago

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?

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 11 points 6 days 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 3 points 6 days ago

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

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 5 days 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.

[-] andybytes@programming.dev 10 points 6 days ago

Now that is a social Wilson...TV reference

[-] slaveOne@reddthat.com 9 points 6 days ago

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

[-] elevenbones@piefed.social 8 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

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

[-] W3dd1e@lemmy.zip 32 points 6 days 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. ^_^

[-] atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 8 points 6 days ago

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 6 days 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.

[-] mosiacmango@lemm.ee 1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days 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.

[-] tamal3@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Any noise ordinances? Not that those will be enforced, but it gives you a leg to stand on.

[-] JackbyDev@programming.dev 3 points 6 days ago

At least where I am from, there are noise ordinances but they're written in ways like "not hear sound more than X distance away during Y hours". So being so close to it is actually detrimental.

Also where I live you have to report noise violations through the police, which just makes it feel like a massive escalation. "You called the cops on me!?" sort of thing.

[-] atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 days ago

There are but unless they are like shooting off big fireworks or teenagers having a party the police won’t care which means I would have to make it a civil thing and frankly we would just rather move as that’s already the plan anyway, or was until the pandemic…

[-] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 7 points 6 days ago

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

[-] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 3 points 6 days ago

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

[-] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago

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

[-] Almacca@aussie.zone 3 points 5 days ago
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