Hehehe..I don't think Wallee would be afraid...he thinks he is one tough guy..barking at everything including falling snowflakes. It's me...his mommy who is afraid of them. When I was a teen I was camping at my parents campsite and being a teenager I had my own tent. Well, someone in the site next to my tent through some corn cobs. The coons wanted the cobs and the guys dog was bothering them...I have never heard such growling as those coons did...scared the crap out of me...been nervous of them ever since..especially with a small dog..who knows what would happen if he started trying to go after them or started his barking...uggh..could get ugly.I have lived in this house 7 years and this is the first year they have been here eating the cherries from the tree...ugggh...at least this is the first I noticed them, but then hey wait...I didn't have a dog who needed to go outside for a poop after dark either..