If it works you then I won't knock it but I've seen them drive the dogs mad, that was in the house though, a lad I used to know, his dog turned into a proper crazy thing for weeks after he tormented it with one of those.
Ha!
I think the problem was with my mate that he was in the house, the dog ended up looking for it all the time.
When you cut those tails of the coons .........
You're sure they were tails?
haha that made me laugh, coons tails.. are you sure?! .. an yer happened to my uncles dog in the house i sent it daft with one after that chased shaddows al