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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    16 hours 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!

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    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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    23 hours 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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    17 hours ago

    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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      17 hours 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?

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        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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          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.

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          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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      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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      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

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        I can’t say if you’re technically correct as far as MLA formatting or whatever but I’ve been on the internet for 30 years and basically everyone puts the asterisk after the word they’re correcting. I don’t think I’ve ever seen it the way you’re describing lol

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