Customer Reviews

Tattle Tale Sonic Pet Training Alarm

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First, let me preface this with the fact that we love our cats dearly and work hard to provide them with every comfort known to man including heated beds, an automatic laser pointer that provides hours of fun and catnip filled mice that find their way out from under the couch and other furniture from time to time. We don't, however, love pet hair and hairballs on our furniture. Recently we purchased a new sofa and resorted to draping a sheet over it while at work the first few days. Arriving home to find a couch draped in a bed sheet is not a way of life for us, so we looked at other options and found this device. I was skeptical based on the reviews here but purchased one to test.

You can set "sensitivity" to low or high. When set to high the device sometimes goes off with as little as heavy footsteps = perfect.

Had I had my video camera on when one of our cats attempted to find a soft spot to curl up in (other than the heated bed he loved so dearly until the couch came into his life), I'd have uploaded a video review of a cat in full backflip followed by a panicked exit from the room that entailed one wall collision and a flurry of pet fur.

I love this thing.

I have had my tattle tale for over a couple of years now. I had a problem with my dog getting on my bed during the day while I was away at work. If I was home she would hang out with me, I don't allow my dog to sit on my furniture. This thing worked from day one and I have recommended it to friends who now have multiple. We just bought a new sofa and want to keep the dog off of it, so I bought another one. This thing could be more sensitive, but it is sensitive enough for my dog, 65 lbs. It will go off if I toss a shirt down on my bed nearby, that seems sensitive enough to me. The sound is merely annoying, it isn't an alarm just a loud piercing beeeeep. If you have a medium to large size dog I suggest trying it out. One more suggestion use it on a "cushiony" surface for best results, a hard surface won't move as the dog does. So if you are trying to keep a cat off of a table this won't do much unless the cat goes near it. I don't think it actually senses motion, it needs to be lightly jostled to go off. A good product though.

I got this to keep our West Highland terrier off of furniture, and it works pretty well. The noise does the trick. But sometimes it is set off by loud noises or by vibrations in the wooden floor (even though the Tattle Tale is sitting on upholstered furniture). So it's not perfect, but I'm getting a second one.

We bought two of these to keep our boxer off the counters & the furniture. We have a problem that when our birds chirp, it sets off the alarms. The alarms set off the birds, and over & over... The training alarm does work, but we found that our dog would carry them outside through the dog door and leave them outside. We caught him in the act of trying to bury it while the alarm kept resetting itself. It was pretty funny. It didn't work for us, but I think it would for a dog that doesn't like loud noises. Doesn't seem to affect ours though.

I bought the Tattle Tale a couple weeks ago. At first I was very skeptical. We have a microfiber couch that we have been trying to keep our labrador off of for two years. We tried aluminum foil squares, but they were terribly unattractive. Our dog isn't afraid of odd noises. She was trained against it as a hunting dog. So I was hesitant to buy the Tattle Tale. But the first time we left the house with the Tattle Tale on the couch, we knew she would try it. Sure enough, there were two skidding pawprints but nothing more. She was obviously spooked. Now, only two weeks later, we don't even have to turn the Tattle Tale on. Just set it on the couch and she won't go near it. No more blonde dog hair on our dark brown couch!

I have a Weimaraner who thinks she owns the couch and bed. The only that works at keeping her off of them is yelling at her. The Tattle Tale does the job when I am gone (or not in the room). It emits a high pitched beep, but not too loud even set on high. She immediately gets down when she hears the noise.
I bought one for the bed and one for my sectional. The sectional is rather large so I am purchasing another one to cover all areas. She is smart and has figured out the side where she can nicely curl up in a little ball without being detected. I would only recommend this for dogs; it needs much more weight and movement than a cat could create.
My only complaint is that it goes off when she barks.

This product works like it says it should. On the high setting, it's very sensitive. For example, if I drop a broom in the other room or even yell, it will go off. The problem I have with this is that it just doesn't work for my pets. The dog still gets on the couch, even though the alarm repeatedly goes off. A few times, he got sick of listening to it and carried it in his mouth and buried it in the yard. On a good note, the alarm still works after being chewed and buried several times.

We also have cats and the alarm doesn't faze them much either. They jump on the couch, the alarm sounds, they look at the alarm, and then they just keep walking to were they want to lie.

If your dog is scared of noises, it would probably be fine. But with my pets, the alarm just isn't enough.

I purchased this item to keep my cats off the counter. They would jump up on the counter and the alarm would not even go off. There were days I found them up there one was even laying right next to it. My cats aren't small so I cant see any reason why it shouldnt have done what it was suppose to do, only thing I can say was it was a waste of money.

I was really hoping to find a suitable solution to keeping our new Bulldog off of our couch. We have been using unsightly barstools or aluminium foil (both very effective) while waiting for the Tattle Tale to arrive. After I set it on the couch, the Bullies ran to the couch to see what I was up to. When the not so loud alarm went off (set to "Hi"), they both jumped up on the couch to get it, and one of them ran away with it in her mouth to try and destroy it! NOT so effective...

Between me and my girlfriend we have purchased about 6 of them, and share them back and forth from our houses for various pet problems. if you keep a good battery in them, they sound off and dogs and cats both run from the sofa, not to return. I dont think the one with just the vibration would work, especially with cats. sometimes the alarm goes off because of the wood floors or barking, but thats ok. works for us.