LOL! Actually the slats look better than the plain fence, and maybe you could plant climbers or bushes on your side, but---o.k., so crabby neighbors don't want their dogs to "see" your chickens??? Gee, maybe they ought to try and get the town to outlaw squirrels, birds...What is wrong with some people??!! You ought to get one of those colorful Christmas roosters too to put out there for the holiday!!He put these'slats' in the fence now but because that's the only spot with shade in his yard, the dogs sit and peek through the slats