In our stories in the fiction section, AlexUSA3 and I have Paul staked out on the back lawn or tied to a tree. If you were a burglar coming to burgle the house and you find Paul in either of those positions, would he frighten you off or not?
It wouldn´t scare me off, but I would probably be a little careless when breaking in. Making some unnecessary noise and things like that. Not that I would want to be captured and tied up, no not me ...