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Reviewed in the United States on February 24, 2022
I was hesitant to buy this but it was recommended by a dog trainer. When the device first snapped it didn't seem to bother my puppy but he wouldn't go near it again . We laid it on the sofa and our puppy no longer climbs on the sofa. We actually bought another package to help with other furniture as it works so well.
cindyinthewind
Reviewed in the United States on January 19, 2020
I bought Snappy Trainers because my very lively cat likes to walk on my fireplace mantel among my figurines, as well as on my TV stand in front of and behind the TV, usually if she wants to try to get me to feed her early or thinks I'm not paying her enough attention. Also, at times she climbs onto my shelves or dresser and knocks things off of them just for fun. For the first few days I set them out, I thought "These will never work." She was usually stepping around them delicately and not triggering them at all. The one time she did trigger one, it flipped off the mantel, and she seemed momentarily startled, but it was more like she thought "OK, so that happened," and she just carried on. But tonight she stepped on one on the TV stand, and it snapped shut on one of her paws! Yikes! I freed her right away, and she jumped up next to me on my chair and went to sleep...well, she had stopped jumping up on the TV stand, all right. So I suppose it's possible that the mere sight of the things now will prove to be a deterrent, but I really didn't want it to happen this way! From now on, I'm not going to leave them out "set to go off." I don't want to have one snap onto her again, especially while I'm not home! I thought I should warn others who might try these...they are essentially mousetraps with a paddle attached, and they could snap shut on part of your dog or cat! If I had known that was a risk, I wouldn't have bought them.
Customer
Reviewed in the United States on May 31, 2018
TO BE CLEAR: I am not a fan of using aversives in dog training. I feel that dogs who are properly managed with crates, expens and house leads do not need devices like these. For the owners who cannot / do not manage their dogs or whose dogs already have a history of finding great reinforcement on furniture and countertops, these can be great to keep dogs from counter- surfing or getting on furniture. They do not hurt the dog physically... They just pop straight up into the air and make a clapping sound... The beauty is that the dog does not connect this with punishment from the owner. IT follows the positive punishment criteria of learning theory: it happens within 0.5-2 seconds of the undesired behaviour at an intensity that most dogs will find sufficiently aversive. They quickly realize that jumping up on that tends to have undesirable consequences and avoid it in the future.. However dogs that have had a long history of finding great things on counters will not give up so easily! Which means: Management!! either you keep the dog away from the counters / furniture or you have to set these traps every day and make certain that you don't leave food out. Also I have seen an Old English Sheepdog and a golden retriever that didn't even blink and continued to raid the countertops. MAY BE TOO TRAUMATIC FOR TIMID DOGS.
Fred
Reviewed in the United States on October 6, 2018
I have an adopted foxhound. She should be an outside dog in all months but winter but the wife likes to spoil her and let her relax in the basement. The laundry room is down there with a small garbage can. That darn dog insists on knocking over and rooting through that garbage can constantly-everyday. Its really aggravating because the only thing we throw in there is dryer lint, empty detergent bottles and whatever else might need disposed of in a laundry room (NO FOOD).It was causing a small marital disagreement because I wanted to boot the dog outside in decent weather but wife says NO!I bought the four pack of these snappers and staged all four around that garbage can and made sure to have some "garbage" in the can including tender juicy dryer lint hanging over the edges. I did it while wife was at work on my day off (I didn't tell wife at first). I patted the dog on the head, left the house and drove a mile down the street, turned around and came back home. I had to laugh because when I walked in the dog was on her bed, trying to act sound asleep, but nervously thumping her tail a little bit. I went into the laundry room. Sure enough, one of the traps had been triggered but the full garbage can was untouched. I left it for my wife to see. She thinks the trainers are great too.That dog only set off one trap, one time. Its been over a month now and the dog still won't go anywhere near that snappy trainer minefield guarding the dryer lint garbage can.These snappy trainers gave me a well behaved dog and restored marital bliss. Priceless!For the sake of full disclosure, I agree with other reviewers that these snappers don't work on all pets. We've got an old fat tomcat that hangs out in the basement with the dog from time to time. The cat has no interest in the garbage can but if we are doing laundry he'll be rubbing between our legs, jumping up on the washer and dryer and meowing "What Are You Doing?! I Wan't To See! Pet Me! Pet Me! Purr!" In his enthusiasm, he has circled too wide around his human and tripped a snappy trainer. That's happened a couple of times. Both times he'll give a quick little jump, flip around immediately and sniff it. Then he nonchalantly goes on about his business completely unfazed. No worries though, now we don't even have to reset the snappy trap. We just leave it where it snapped. The dog doesn't know any better and she is not taking any chances. Great product!
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