X-Mat Extra Pet Training Mat, Flexible, 18-Inch

This mat reminds me of those office mats you put under your office chair. One side is smooth and the other is spikey. You place it on your sofa/chair with the spikes up.

My pug, loves to snuggle up on my brand new rocking chair. Since I did not want to use a ScatMat (seems too cruel) and I could not find a similar product small enough for a chair, I purchased the X-Mat. I put the X-Mat on the chair and gently placed the pug's paws on it while saying no (I only had to do this once) and it's worked miracles. She has not jumped up once. She will pull herself up on the edge and look at the chair but will not jump on it. It's such a simple, cheap item, I love it. Very easy to remove when I want to sit. It hasn't happened to me yet, but remember to remove the X-Mat when you want to use the chair. It's pretty spikey.

After owning 3 of these mats for about 5 years now, my cat mocks these. She frequently sits/stands/lays on them (on top of the sofa). She's a pretty fluffy cat, so maybe it's more "massaging" than annoying for her?! They might work for you, but I will not buy again.

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X-mat is a great product! Now my cats don't jump onto my couch where the x-mat is placed. It's a three-seat couch so I'm trying to move the x-mat from one seat to another and see if it could train the cats so that they eventually don't jump onto the couch at all.

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The X-Mat really solved our problem--my daughter's cat had a habit of jumping on my kitchen table--not any more since we purchased the X-Mat. I would never buy anything that hurt an animal--the "curious cat" saw it, and just put a paw on it -just a touch-and that was it!!!!!!!

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This is a very simple and effective solution. Just set it down, and the cats stay away.

One of our cats had a horrible habit of scratching on the front door in the middle of the night. We use Soft Paws, so she did't do any damage to the door or the paint, but the sound was loud enough to wake us up. We were so desperate that we started putting chairs in front of the door before going to bed. Eventually, we realized we needed to drape a blanket across the back of the chairs so that she couldn't scrtatch from underneath. Then we started putting pillows in the seats so she couldn't reach above the chair backs. The point of all this, in case you're wondering, is that this cat was very persistant.

Then a veterinarian friend told us about the X-Mat. Now instead of creating an elaborate blocade in front of the doors each night, we just put two X-Mats down side by side. They span the width of the door, and our cat stays away. We've been sleeping through the night ever since.

If we have one complaint, it's that the X-Mat sticks up too high to stay in place when we open the door. But moving the mats each night is a lot easier than any other solution we've found.

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