Train Your Pet with the PetSafe ScatMat Indoor Training Mat - For Dogs and Cats

Frollard: I keep it on a shelf where the cats like to climb to reach the window, knocking over everything in their path. I can't use that shelf for anything with any metal in it or the brain box constantly triggers and would surely kill the battery in no time. The cats learned within an hour not to hop on that shelf and haven't returned in months. The reaction to being tickled by the shock was a 'startle launch' - don't keep anything valuable nearby as it runs the risk of being damaged by a launched cat. My only qualm is the trigger sensitivity detects almost anything I put on the mat (lots of metal in my stuff), so the shelf has to stay clear, or I have to risk shocking myself picking up the stuff I stored on there. I keep the unit on level 1 (of 3) and it's more than enough to be truly uncomfortable without being damaging. Outdoor cats or bigger dogs might need setting 2 or 3 from the thicker paw pads.

Canada on May 29, 2021

Deanna K CathcartDeanna K Cathcart: I LOVE these! We live in the country and have a dog door to a fenced back yard. Some of the area is a little woodsy and the dogs not only come in muddy at times but also covered in burs from time to time. And I HATE dirty dogs on the furniture. I tried training them as puppies to stay off the furniture but the kids would sneak them on so they learned that if I was not around they could get up and sleep on the furniture. I can't tell you how many times I have come home and had to wash the slip covers because a muddy dog got on the sofa while I was away. Then I found this! I wasn't sure how well it would work so I just bought one for a single chair at 1st. I put the battery in and put it on the chair they most got into. With in minutes of going to bed that night I heard a dog yelp, the other dog got it when I was in the office the next day. One time each was all it took that I am aware of for my dogs. I can take the mat off and forget to put it on for days and the dogs don't get into the chair. When I bought one for the sofa I didn't have another 9 volt so I took the 9v from the chair mat. So the chair one hasn't even had power, and the dogs will not get in that chair. It's amazing....

United States on Apr 05, 2021

Paula Bedford: Worked great on my dog that likes to open the front door. She has scratched the wood so bad. But a couple of jolts & she leaves it alone. My other 2 dogs must of got zapped too as they have to be coaxed now to come in that door. Only one time that it didn’t seem to work. Dog stood on it and nothing happened. Very happy with it

Canada on Mar 30, 2021

HezzaNanz: Originally purchased for the counter but it didn't fit the shape. But we found another purpose...
Our young cat had gotten into the habit of scratching madly at our daughter's bedroom door at 3am and galloping happily away when I would get up to shoo her. This was repeated often and was causing a bit of rage.
The mat is put in front of the bedroom door every night and has stopped the scratch game and made every human more well rested and happy.
We also booby-trapped each other with it and it was hilarious.

Canada on Nov 25, 2020

Brenda K.: I purchased 2 scat mats to keep my dog out of the kitchen when I'm cooking. I bought the 30" X 16" scat mats. I installed the 9 volt battery on both mats and put them down blocking the 2 entry ways. He walked on it, jumped from the shock and I thought, great this is going to work. He then proceeded to jump over the mats whenever he wanted back in the kitchen.
So, the moral of the story is, you need to buy the scat mat in a size that they can't jump over.
A great idea but buy in a larger size so it will actually deter them from coming into whatever area you want to keep them out of.

Canada on Jan 26, 2018

Cody: The performance of this mat is really hit and miss. There are lots of times where its difficult to even get it to activate. We used to have our cat pawing at our bedroom door every morning at 5am and previously used a sheet of tinfoil to keep him away. All it took was one zap from the mat and we've never had an issue since. The mat being there is deterrent enough, even with how sketchy it is on activating. The only reason I'm keeping it is because it looks better than having a sheet of tinfoil taped to the door frame.

Canada on Jan 23, 2018

Janny: I bought two of these for my cat who would not stay off furniture or quit using the furniture as scratching posts. Best buy ever!!

I put it on the couch and waited. Little bugger jumped up on the couch and landed on the mat, then proceeded to jump about 5 feet in the air when he got zapped, wish I videoed it, funniest thing ever!! He was sleeping on my bed while I was at work, I'd come home to find the bed covered in cat hair. Ugh. Did the same thing, laid the mats out on my bed and came home to see one mat had been moved, no cat hair on my bed really since (he's done it a few times, I just put the mats back on the bed for a day or two and he's good for a few weeks again). Then he started spraying in my son's bathroom, on the mat in front of the toilet (if he'd go IN the toilet, wouldn't be a problem! lol) after weeks of cleaning up after him and the stench, I tried a mat in front of the toilet. It stopped.

I've also used this for my dogs, whenever people come over, they go crazy and rush to meet people at the door, even though I am trying to teach them to stay away until people are in the house and come say hi to them. I have put the mats near the door, they step on...

United States on Feb 09, 2013