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DeeDeeNY

(3,588 posts) Tue Dec 24, 2024, 09:34 AM Tuesday

Any experience with a Scat Mat?

Our growing puppy can now reach our kitchen counter and all other places she shouldn't go. Someone suggested Scat Mats to me, but I'm hesitant at the idea of her getting shocked.

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Any experience with a Scat Mat? (Original Post) DeeDeeNY Tuesday OP

I have a friend who swears by them, but I feel the same way AZSkiffyGeek Tuesday #1

Its not like a tazer...... getagrip_already Tuesday #3

Thanks. The siren sounds like a good alternative DeeDeeNY Tuesday #4

Prototyping this product in 70s Great Britain ... marble falls Tuesday #2

Tried one with my cat. Demovictory9 Tuesday #5

AZSkiffyGeek

(12,663 posts)

1. I have a friend who swears by them, but I feel the same way

Reply to DeeDeeNY (Original post)

Tue Dec 24, 2024, 09:38 AM

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The idea of shock training is kind of distasteful for me.

getagrip_already

(17,564 posts)

3. Its not like a tazer......

Reply to AZSkiffyGeek (Reply #1)

Tue Dec 24, 2024, 09:46 AM

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Just a mild tingle. Kind of like tasting a 9v battery.

You dont like it, but its not going to leave you in therapy.

But you can object to almost any kind of aversion training I guess; even yelling. Some work, some don't.

We tried the mats with a siren as opposed to a shock component. They are pressure sensitive and make a noise when an animal sits or stands on them.

They only worked while they were on. As soon as we took them away its like they were never there at all. Cats.

Ymmv.