Customer Reviews

Scat Mat Extension for the Electronic Pet Training Mat

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We bought the extension along with the couch sized scat mat. It reached comfortably over to the chair because the cord is 12 feet long. We set it down without kitty seeing and waited. She did notice something was up when I leaned over close to the mat and my hair touched the mat. It made a couple snapping noises until I realized what I was doing. She was curious and jumped up to sniff. Boy, she didn't like that! She has not been on the chair since and will not jump on it unless we are sitting there and she wants a lap.

The mat is about as thick as one of those heavier plastic table cloths. It also "talks" to the main scat mat to tell if something has touched it. You touch the main box and it blinks the amount of times something has touched it. If you touch the box to check, it blinks once. However, if you touch it and your pet touched it once, it will blink twice. The cord attaches to the main box with 2 snaps, and it attaches to 2 raise snaps sewn on the extension mat. The extension cord is about a half inch wide and has a copper wire running down the each edge. The center of the cord is translucent plastic, almost like the mat. It looks like some of those older tv antenna or stereo cords. The mat is large enough to fit over the seat and part of both arms on our fat and fluffy recliner.

So after having owned the mats a week, our kitty is practically trained. She touched each mat only once and doesn't want to go in the chairs if we try to set her there.

So it may seem like a waste of money because you are spending so much for the mat and extension, but the money is well worth it to train a stubborn animal. You may end up spending less in the long run.

We just purchased 2 new couches and didn't want any of are pets to have full access to it like are last set. With in one week are dog doesn't even try to jump on are couches. Are cats are a little more stubborn but it does what it says it's suppose to do. Would recommend this product to my friends and family.

The cats hate it, but I love it. I bought a new couch and it is off limits to the cats. This product has kept the cats off the couch and they don't seem too upset about it. The first couple of weeks they looked for a way around the mat. They found a few gaps and made their way to the back of the couch. I bought a second one for the back and closed that gap. They seem pretty content to stay away now. When my kitchen renovations are complete, I will be adding a third one to place on the countertop. This has been a great investment. I wish I had found this product sooner.

Had problems with a rescue kitten, and his lack of litter training. For some reason he found a spot in an upstairs bedroom that really caught his fancy. I installed the scatmat with an extension and plugged it in. Tried it myself just to make sure I wasn't going to electrocute him, definitely got a buzz when I put my hand on the mat. I happened to be in the BR when the kitten came to visit, he hit the mat and for a moment nothing happened. And then he was gone, like a bat out of hell, hasn't been back to that spot, and seems to have decided that the litter box is the place to go.

I bought a pet training mat to replace one that was accidentally thrown away. The bottom line is that it works and I recommend it.

More info: I placed the mat across an archway between the dining room and living room to keep our fox terrier out of the living room. I originally used a 9v battery. Be aware that the shock may not occur every time the mat is touched because contact must be maintained long enough to build up a static charge. It can take 2-3 seconds. But that's okay, because the dog will eventually get shocked and will learn very quickly to avoid the mat. There were occasions when she would get so excited when someone came to the front door that she would run over the mat (without getting shocked) but then realize where she was and refuse to cross the mat to return. The battery eventually died, but the dog did not test it for months. After she realized that it no longer posed a threat, she was comfortable crossing it, albeit at a quick trot.

When I bought the replacement mat, I also got the AC adapter and the large extension mat. I'm not sure exactly how the charging/shock sequence works with the extension mat, but I figured it would make it even less likely that she could trot over both mats. After one shock, she realized that the power was back and has not crossed it since. And I have it set on the lowest of the three power settings. It works.

My husband and I bought this as a last resort method to try to keep Lola off our recently reupholstered vintage red couches (keep in mind that the reason we had to reupholster in the first place is that Lola made it her mission to pee on EVERY ONE of our four-piece furniture set). I'm unclear as to how the peeing Olympics began, but I'm guessing it's partly my ignorance in proper cat-training techniques and partly Lola being a cat and making things smell "familiar" to her (and gag-inducing to me).

I read the reviews and decided it was worth giving it a try. I figured if we were spending the money to get our couches reupholstered, we might as well try as best we could to make sure that investment lasted. I bought the Large Scat Mat and was really excited to try it out once it arrived, but was disappointed to find out that the battery pack wasn't included with my purchase.I had to purchase it separately and directly from the manufacturer, but I got very helpful and friendly customer service from them and the battery pack arrived on time.I now realize that I made the mistake of buying the extension mat and not the mat plus battery pack, but I'm including this just so that first-time buyers are careful to order the mat plus the battery and not just the extension mat.

I was worried that this wasn't a humane approach to training, but decided to try the thing out myself before trying it on Lola. I used the same setting I'd use for Lola to test (Low) and pressed my hand to the mat. It's a definite shock but it's not at all painful. It's the same feeling you'd get if you got shocked after sliding around on a carpet while wearing socks. In short it was uncomfortable and gave you a good scare, but it was not at all painful.

The first time we tried it on Lola she came up to the mat we'd placed over her favorite couch to sniff it out, proceeded to try to curl up on the mat and then JUMPED RIGHT OFF! She tried it a second time to make sure it wasn't a freak occurrence and JUMPED RIGHT OFF again! She hasn't come anywhere near any piece of furniture we put the mat on. Needless to say, my couches are alive, my nostrils aren't offended at the smell of my house, and Lola learned that couches are not potties in two quick shocks!!! I am a happy customer and I have recommended this product to many people I know who love their pets and are looking for something that is a cost effective and time-saving training aid.

We used to use baby gates to keep the dog in the family room and kitchen area. My wife hated them. Now the scat mats keep her where she is supposed to be and no more baby gates! Plus, our dog thinks that what she sees on the television is actually IN the television. When dogs or animals were on the TV, she would attack the TV. That was sort of OK when the old television had these big glass screens, but not with the new HD TV's. Not to mention, her jumping up on the TV cabinet was scratching it. Again, wife a bit ticked at the dog. So we put another scat mat in front of the TV. One shock and she stopped. Oh, she still barks at the TV at times, but no more jumping up at the TV. Now the wife is happy. Highly recommended.

This saved our couch from a 150lb rotweiler that was insistant on getting on our couch........it only took a couple days....problem solved. Great product!

We have to keep rotating the two we bought between beds and couches but once she sees them she will not get up. If they are not there she's right back up the second we walk out the door! I've come home and accidentally sat on one and it's enough of a poke to get a holler out of me and get my family rolling on the ground laughing. Its not that bad though, nothing I would consider inhumane.

This works great for keeping cats off the couch! After awhile, you don't even have to turn it on as long as they see it is on the couch. Be gentle as the electric wires are fragile and will separate from the plastic with rough usage. I've used it daily for the last 6 months and have had no problem with the connection to and from the extension.