PetSafe ScatMat Indoor Training Mat

I have two senior cats, one of which developed a bad habit of very randomly leaving a "lago amarillo" surprise on one of our couches in the living room. I tried to break the the little furball's habit by adding pet-safe couch covers and then piling boxes and other obstacles to keep her off these 'couches of her desire'.After a few months, the habit was unchanged so I ordered three of the PetSafe ScatMat Indoor Training Mats (60 in X 12 in) for each couch in my living room. It only took one 'shock' for the little fur monkey to make the association and the law was understood from that point on. Cat brains are pretty smart in that way.So now the cats stay off the couches except when allowed when we are in the room watching TV. The balance of good and evil has been restored, and now the sock monkeys are well behaved... we have had no further incidents.The battery life seems to be fine. The mats have been on pretty much 24/7 for about a month now and are not showing signs of battery weakness. It has several modes of operation and shock levels. I have only needed one mode. The mats are flexible, seem durable, well designed. The mat electronics seem to calibrate sensitivity when first powered up.When I received the I first tried it out on myself to see how quickly it detects the presence on the mat and the shock discomfort. I think lowest setting is probably adequate for most cases.Sorry, but I have no video of the pet reaction, it was pretty uneventful and was not intended as a way to prank the pet (laughing at them undermines the lesson which might result in an act of revenge .. they are smart in that way).With the first encounter with the mat there was just a slightly surprised jump and WTF moment and that was it. I could see a mental note was made "Never return to this couch again, there is bad magic there."Anyway, I recommend this product for training your pet to learn to stay off of a surface that is off limits.best of luck to you,

This mat is great. It’s kept my cats off the table and my dog off the couch. I’ve even used it to keep my husband on his toes! You can set it to beep when stepped on for a warning, or you can set it to not give a warning. It’s easy to use and set up. It seems durable to my cat and dog’s claws. It’s easy to wipe down - just remember to shut it off first! I also like the counting function so I know how many times my animals have stepped on it. 10/10 recommend.

This products was like expected it works like it said .

We’ve been using scat mats for a while now to corral our dogs. This one works as expected and keeps our potty training puppy off the couch when she isn’t supervised. Minus one Star because I find it hard to turn on and off.

Does what it says. This finally stopped my cat from spraying on the couch.

I am absolutely a fan of PetSafe. I contacted them because although I love my scat mat, it stopped working about 10 months later.The next day a new one arrived, no cost to me!I will continue to purchase products, knowing they will back them up.

This product was advertised as something to help keep dogs and cats off furniture and counters. My cats are trained to not get up on counters while we are awake, but they will do it when we're asleep. I was hoping this mat would fix that. Boy, I made a big mistake.Not sure why, but for some reason I thought the static mode was an audible sound. Call me an idiot, I sure feel like one. It's a static SHOCK. After trying the tone only mode and realizing it was too quiet, and pretty much worthless, I turned on static mode to medium and touched the mat. I thought it was going to make a loud static or hissing type noise. No, it shocked the ever loving **** out of me. My arrm has been tingling for the past 5 minutes and my finger at the touch point is still sore.After half an hour I got the nerve up to try it on the low setting, and while that wasn't awful and I could hold my fingers on it, it still shocked pretty good. Especially if you touched multiple points at the same time. I'm a human; imagine a small animal touching this.Sorry, but for a cat, that's way too extreme and would be akin to animal abuse. I'm returning this worthless product. It should not be advertised for cats. At least dogs are larger animals and the low setting might be ok, plus you can train dogs to react a certain way to tones, but for a cat that's typically not going to work.

Scat Mat delivers a nice product, as always. Love these use 9 V batter versus one I bought maybe 25 yrs ago that had to be plugged into a wall. Pets learn quickly, so you can eventually turn off the 'shock" and go with the warning noise. We have gotten to the point where we can leave it off. Just the presence of the mat works well now.