Tattle TaleSonic Pet Training Vibration Alarm

My weird, neurotic Manx has developed the bad habit of pooping on the living room sofa. Oils, scents, and repellents have been futile. With nothing to lose I tried this cheap-looking plastic gadget. To my amazement, it has worked a miracle! All I did is put a battery in it and set it on the "high" sensitivity setting. Then I placed it on the Manx's favorite sofa cushion. It is hyper sensitive and it goes off if I so much as touch my sofa anywhere with one fingertip. The alarm tone is loud, high-pitched, and obnoxious. The Manx can't stand the thing and she won't go near the sofa anymore. This gadget solved a problem in 1 day that we have been struggling with for months. 5 stars.

Best thing ever. Put on the inside of a branch of my Christmas tree and quickly broke our cat from climbing it, and the dog from nosing around. First time the 15 lb cat just touched the tree, he launched himelf 5 feet in the air and the 120 lbs dog was trying so hard to get away he was running in place.. The other cats were so unnerved by the instance, none dared go anywhere near it. Now to see where else I can use it.

We got our first Tattle Tale because the cat was opening the drawers in the bathroom and scattering the contents around. This product put an immediate stop to that.It also does a great job of keeping him out of the Christmas tree.Now the cat has his own dedicated scratching posts and stuff but occasionally he will decide to test us on a new piece of furniture. When we catch that behavior we just set up the Tattle Tale again and it stops right away.In the off season we use them to keep the cat off the couches. That's his favorite place to chill and he is a bit more persistent there so we have to remind him with this product for a week or so until he gets it.When ours quit working mysteriously, hence four stars, I ordered two more. One for each couch.It also works as something of an anti barking aid with our dogs. If it is turned on when they start barking SOMETIMES the quick burst of noise will startle them into silence.In summary, this product works great for our cat but I'm sure it is not a catch all for all pets. I don't see that as a negative to the product. That is just something pet owners have to live with. Your pet is unique and may require a different approach to solving the behavior issue you are trying to address. I have tried other products that cost more and did not work for my pets. It is definetly cheaper for me than some of the alternatives that I would have to constantly buy refills for. If you are looking for a solution to a similar problem then I would suggest giving this a shot.

I was very hopeful that this product would keep my two cats off our dining room table. Nothing has worked in the past -- neither sprays of water, nor aluminum foil, nor scolding them, nor citrus smells -- nothing.Here's what happened when I set up the Tattle Tale alarm. Cat 1 jumps on the table. The alarm (which lasts only 2 seconds and is relatively quiet -- my microwave beep is louder than this) sounded. Cat 1 is on guard at first, then curious. He walks over to it. The "alarm" remains silent, even though it's supposed to be sensitive to any and all movement. Cat 1 swipes at alarm. It sounds and stops. He swats again, and it sounds and stops again. Then, he walks around the table for a while while the alarm sits silently. Finally, he curls up for a nap on one of our placemats about 4 inches away from it. Cat number 2, intrigued by the sound, hops up on the table. The alarm sounds. She goes over to it. Although she's sniffing it, prancing around the table, and stretching, it doesn't sound again. So she curls up for a nap as well. And there I am, watching the "Tattle Tale" oversee the afternoon siesta of the two felines it was supposed to scare off.My guess is that it's not sensitive to most of the vibrations caused by cats' paws and that the 2-second, relatively soft sound of the alarm is not frightening enough to scare cats away. Even cats more skittish than mine, I imagine, could easily tolerate the benign beep eminating from this device.Don't waste your money. I burned $6 on shipping and now have to pay a 25% restocking fee. And the cats are still on the table.

It sounds like a description of a bad date: Hypersensitive and shrieks at the slightest disturbance. But for this product, that's just what you want. (Anybody who thinks theirs is quiet probably just needs a fresh battery!) It's a fairly simple device. My cats hate it, even though they're not the reason I bought one -- I'm using it as an automated warning to my kids that they're playing too rough near my computers.For my purposes, it would be especially useful if there was an adjustment not just for low or high sensitivity, but for vibration frequency for which it sounds an alert. Motion with a high frequency (like touching it) sets it off, but I can rock the shelf its on without setting it off. To use a water analogy, it's like the difference between the ripples coming out from a pebble thrown into a lake versus ocean waves, and I need sensitivity for the latter. Having that sort of adjustment would earn this more stars from me, but for its intended purpose it seems to work excellently.