PetSafe ScatMat Indoor Electric Training Mat for Cats & Dogs, Large, 48" x 20"

I have a big window in the living room that has a 4" wide sill and my loveseat sits right in front of it. All of my dogs inevitably stand on the back of the couch and put their front paws on the sill to look out the window. This is a problem because a) they dirty up the sill (the couch is covered) and b) I have a set of sheers that are always closed and they step on them getting them dirty, tearing them or sometimes pulling them down off of the curtain rod. It's very annoying and difficult to train them from doing.This product is really useful for that. Set up is easy with a 9v battery for power and then you just lay it on the area you want to protect. There are suction cups to hold the sheet in place. On the sheet are two exposed wires running its length. When something that can conduct power crosses those wires, it creates a circuit and a mild shock is delivered. You can set the level of shock and I put it to the minimum. I tested it on myself and it was a little more painful than a static discharge from a high pile carpet. The biggest issue for me was the distance between the wires. It's wide enough that a small dog is unlikely to cover both with their paw and even a larger dog like mine (70 lbs) took a few days before she completed the circuit. When she did (the display shows how many times a shock has been delivered), the result was almost instantaneous - she no longer puts her feet on the sill. It's pretty miraculous. Getting her to do anything is usually an exercise in futility but this product definitely did the trick. Too bad you can't just rent them as it doesn't seem like reinforcement is necessary, I guess it will just go into a drawer somewhere.Highly recommended with the caveat about the spacing of the wires.

The only thing that has stopped my cat from peeing on the furnitureWe tried all the sprays. Different clothes, deep cleaned it several times and nothing worked!!This just lays out and does what it needs to! I highly recommend to anyone who is having a hard time keeping their cat off!

I want to like this mat more than I do. I bought a few of these mats back in 2016 and they were so much easier to use and more effective in keeping dogs from going through doorways. This item beeps 3 times every time it's touched---which can get very irritating, and my dogs are able to figure out how to disable the shock. It could be operator error on my part but I can't figure out why it works when I first turn it on (light shock) but after my dogs are on the other side of it for a while, they are able to disable it.

I LOVE THIS!!So convenient and easy to use. One battery lasts for months. My little midnight demons decided that they needed to get on the counters. Despite all other methods this one really worked.A true FAFO device!These little fur demons insisted on trying to get in places that they did not belong. This is been a thoroughly appropriate deterrent to these hard-headed little butt nuggets.

I decided to try this for my sofa despite the mixed reviews but I'm so glad I did! My 10 yr old German Shepherd has always been a relentless diva so I really didn't think it would deter her, I was WRONG! I just wanted one place in my house where I could sit down and not be covered in her hair. I'm ordering 2 more for my chairs. Shock/vibration is not bad even on the strongest setting ( I tried it) but enough to deter my diva, 1 time! She literally throws her head to the side when told no, hence the nickname :) Buy it!!

I bought this one to anticipate having to replace the previous one I had. I had bought one before that an it did not last more than six to eight months. The next one (the one I bought this one to replace) also lasted about the same amount of time. Now this one has lasted a bit longer, but still less than one year.First, at some point, the things starts beeping incessantly and for no reason. You change the battery, reset the settings, and it still beeps. Eventually, it stops, but comes back intermittently.Second, it never unrolls completely. The tips and edges of the corners still stay up on the side where the controller is attached.Third, after about four to six months, the wires start to come detached from the mat, making it hard to clean, and if the wire breaks... that's it, game over for the mat, unless you can manage to make some sort of electrical repair.Fourth, at some point, the controller no longer receives signals from the mat. When stepped on, no beep, no electricity, nothing.Finally, why are all the models the same price, even though some are larger than the others. Also, $55 seems a little high in price for such an item that probably cost less than $10 (I'm being liberal here) to manufacture. You can buy electric muscle stimulator medical devices that are far more advanced for 2/3 of the price of these things and they last 10x longer (I have one from 20 years ago and it still works).Oh, and one more thing. I doesn't stay on. You have to constantly check it to make sure its still on, which is almost daily, and turn it back on because it resets itself (settings) and turns off.So my current one is at that last stage (fourth) I mentioned above. When I detach the controller, it seems to work on its own, but once I attach it to the mat, no go. I have tried to tape down some of the wires that have become detached from the mat but I fear there must be some sort of short circuit or break in the circuit. I have taken care of this produce as prescribed by the manufacturers instructions.It has been less than a year, let's see if they honor their one-year warrantee.