Customer Reviews

PetSafe Pawz Away Instant Pet Barrier

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3 star:		(14)
2 star:		(12)
1 star:		(19)

 

 

The zones work great, within the limits listed below.

Good Points
1. Has a A, B, and AB setting which lets you control individual dog access to areas or objects (such as separate food bowls for special diets, rooms, etc)
2. The shock is mild but definitely uncomfortable (I tested it on me before I used it on the dogs). It is milder than the strong static shocks I regularly get around the house.
3. The dogs quickly learn to avoid things that cause shocks.

Limits
1. Collar wear is recommended to be limited to 12 hours due to rubbing by the stud on the neck. This can be a problem with intelligent dog and schedules requiring longer wear times. Intelligent dogs can quickly learn that the collar is the source of the shock and can wait until they are not wearing it to get into the forbidden.
2. The range increments listed (2-12 ft) are not dependable. I find mine, with direct line of sight, is half that or less.
3. The six available range settings are not enough. There are times that 1 or 2 ft increment is too much.
4. Area of affect is spherical. Keep this in mind when deciding where to use them. Depending on the range setting, just walking by the counter or under the table can set them off even if all you intended was to discourage Fluffy's nose from appearing on the counter/table top. The only way to alleviate this is to find some way to dangle the zone from the ceiling to correctly limit the reaction area to those 3 ft off the floor.

very inconspicuous but very effective training device...has kept an 80 pound lab mix and 65 pound shepherd mix from running and jumping onto an antique glass entry door!(they've been doing this for years) Works like a charm and love the fact that you don't need any plugs, cords and can use multiple collars at one time. It is nice to know that I may move this to any other area in my home without complications and begin training there!

My dog, chihuahua, is so resilent to correction. You can tell him something a million times, spray him, watch him, stare him down, he just doesn't get it. So we put this in the living room where we don't want him on the couches, we used a leash to show him what to do.

We put the collar on, we tested the distance/perimeter with the collar, not on the dog. It beeps first, so that's their warning. We put the collar and a leash on the dog, and let him walk over to the couch, he heard the beep, and we moved him away so that he learns where to go. He didn't get it the first time, but got it everytime after that, now he runs when he hears the beep. One problem though, when we put it in the doorway to our room, if he gets too excited he can actually run right through it and he doesn't get bothered by it at all, no shock no beep. But that's cause he's running, he doesn't usually run into a room. PLus he has associated the beep and shock with the sensor, so when he sees the sensor he avoids the area in its entirety. I only wish I could use it with my cat!! That would be great.

I had researched this product and not found many people who had used it on cats. I have had great success using this product on my 2 cats. I wanted to keep them from entering the hallway to our bedrooms, which they have been doing for 6 years. At first they did not enjoy wearing their collars, but soon adjusted to them. It took about 3 days for the cats to realize they would get shocked if they started to go down the hall. Once they were trained, they have not attempted to go down the hall when their collar is on. Thank you innotek for no more hairballs under our beds, meowing at our doors early in the morning, and cats in the baby's crib!!!

Hey, I actually like this thing. Since I started using it my dog has apparently stayed out of the living room it was meant to guard. And despite what I've read in other reviews, I found the batteries in both the collar and the disk seem to last forever.

My only reservation with this device is that "12' diameter" range. Potential buyers need to understand two things: 1. That that means only SIX feet away from the device (yes folks, a 12' diameter is only a 6' radius!) and 2. That range is exaggerated. In my tests, the warning beeps didn't begin until I was well within 6' from the device, perhaps as little as 4', and that was with fresh batteries.

However, I will say that I accidentally zapped myself once. And boy was THAT annoying! So the thing works. Now, I haven't actually witnessed my dog being zapped. Perhaps the warning beeps are enough to deter him from going further. But, like I said before, he stays out of that room now. And that's a good thing. Buy with confidence as long as you understand the limitations.

This was the best thing I could buy. Got a new puppy, just a little poodle, but boy is it a handful. Gets into the baby's toys, eats the cats food (which creates wonderful bowel movements). The pet barrier was an instant cure and has not caused any harm to the little 4lb terror. He figured out after two mild shocks, that the beep meant he was gonna get it and stayed away.

I've tried several different methods to train my cat but nothing seems to work. He acts like a rebellious teenager that just won't listen (he even complains when I tell him 'no' with a whining like meow). I can tolerate some of his behavior but I was tired of him sneaking up on our dining room table when we're asleep or not at home. He knew he wasn't supposed to be there because as soon as we catch him he hops down. My wife was having to clean cat hair off the place mats, table, and chairs on a regular basis. Various methods including using a spray bottle or time out in the utility room had no effect. We also had a problem with him constantly trying to sneak into our bedroom.

My cat is a large cat (not just overweight). The product is rated for pets over 5 pounds and he is probably twice that weight. Other reviewers are correct about the range - it doesn't cover a full 12 feet reliably but it seems to cover our large dining room table well along with another base guarding our bedroom door. As far as I know he's only been zapped twice but he seems to have already learned the warning tones.

It may not seem to work right away - I think this is because the prongs don't always penetrate the fur well but it doesn't seem to take long for him to move just right to get zapped. I could tighten the collar some more but I think it works well the way it is right now.

As far as I can tell the product does work well. My only concern is whether or not the prongs will irritate his skin over time or that he might scratch at it too much, so I will have to monitor his neck to make sure there aren't any problems. However, it is unlikely that he will be able to get it off by himself.

If you buy this for a cat that goes outdoors I recommend that you remove the collar when it goes out. The collar is a bit bulky on a cat (even a big cat) and for obvious reasons it is not a break-away collar so it could be a choking hazard for adventurous cats (but a little common sense should make it safe). I also plan to remove it when he's outside, just in case he could manage to take it off by some miracle, so he doesn't lose it.

I bought this for my 1 year old boxer, Gromit. He has been trained to stay out of the kitchen since he was a puppy, but recently decided that he would go in and get into the trash every time we would leave him alone in the house. We bought this collar and made sure he had it on every time we left him alone for two weeks. He no longer goes into the kitchen and I no longer have to pick up trash when I get home! I haven't put the collar on him for the last two days and he hasn't gotten into the trash. I will keep the collar to give him "friendly reminders" if he decides to start wandering in back in there.

My dog was a real mess , he kept going to my bed and peeing on it and it was so hard for me to punish him, and since my apartment is very small I didn't want to put a physical barrier ( a real fence) because it would've been very unconvinient. I bougth the innotek product and since then my dog has learned not to go to the areas I don't want him to, he is soo well behaved now is almost unbelievable!! Now I barely use the collar and even without it he won't go to the areas I didn't want him to go, thanks innotek! I totally recommend this product, specially because I really love my dog and I was a little bit skeptical at the beginnig, but this is safe and it works!

The shock is not comfortable of course, but not strong. I tried it on my on myself. My puppy was scared the first day, maybe too scared and I felt bad so I was thinking in giving up. It's normal though, she was fine the next day, but never again went to the basement or upstairs.

I bought the collar that came with one zone and thought I'd need additional zones, but with one I could have trained my dog to avoid two areas. The stairs going to the basement (because my cat needs to get access the its litterbox and the dog likes to mess with the litterbox) and the stairs going upstairs because I don't want the dog in the bedrooms. It took one day to get her away from going to the basement and never had to turn on the zone again as even if she's not wearing the collar she doesn't dare going there again. I could have used one zone to train her in one stairs and then use the same zone for the next stairs. After two days, I never had to put on her collar but she's only 5 months old, so I'm not sure if this is the same effect for older dogs. Maybe older dogs need longer collar enforcement. Also, I put her collar first thing in the morning to take her out in the backyard, so she didn't associate it with the zones.