We had been having issues with our cat howling during the night, as well as scratching and rattling our door. Everything I tried didn't work, sometimes I would even get up and give him a little bit of food but he would just be right back at it when he was finished. It only took him one time to get the zap from the scat mat and we have FINALLY been able to get a peaceful nights sleep after about a year of his nightly wake up calls. I would def. buy this product again, really works great!!

seems to work---i use this on my kitchen table, next to some plants. i no longer wake up to leaves all over the house and chewed plants. i took off a star because they're pretty expensive.

So far as I know, our 12 pound dog only had one contact with the mat. He now gives it a wide berth which keeps him out of the front part of the house as we intended. We discovered this mat in our vet's office. The battery in his mat was dead, but the various dogs avoided crossing the mat because of prior contacts. I can even walk across the mat barefoot and not feel anything. If only my toes touch the mat, i get a tingle. We use the middle setting for our dog.

Hi. This product does work, but it does have one issue. If you have a small dog or cat the wires in the mat are not close enough together for one paw to be on two wires. When this happens the pet does not activate the static charge.

Because a new dog made our younger one even more of a troublemaker, we needed something to give the cat a break. Baby gates and barricades were no match for the problem-solving and determined Bo. While he has challenged the mat (and won), adding a baby gate to the stair landing leaves him with the choice of being stuck on the mat or turning around and going back downstairs. Anything that can beat a cattle dog x is worth a try!

Works immediately & works great. No more cats where they don't belong... YAY!

I was desperate to try anything to get a good nights rest and when I read about the ScatMat online, I thought it was a little more than I wanted to spend but if it worked, it was worth it. It was!!! The first night we put the mat in front of the closed bedroom door (cats will jump it otherwise) and the cats didn't scratch in front of it. The second night they must have been able to slide it a little because they were scratching next to the corner of the door. Once we placed the mat back in front of the door, it worked like a charm. Now they quietly sit in front of the mat until we get up and remove it. Probably don't even need to turn it on now. Only recommendation for the company would be to make the medium size a couple of inches longer to properly fit a door frame (from outside to outside). Otherwise, awesome product and worth the money!!

We bought the scat mats with the extensions to put in the two entrances to our living room. They worked and are still working great! The cats zapped themselves one time and have stayed clear of the area the mats are in. They also won't walk on the rug near the one in the hallway. They walk on the wood floor beside the rug. It is very funny to watch how they avoid the mats.