eXuby – Small & Gentle Cat Training Collar w/Remote - Designed for Training Cats - Prevents Unwanted Behaviors - 3 Different Correction Modes - 9 Intensity Levels - Water Resistant – Sleek Design

I couldn't wait to write a review for this so I may be premature and will update if necessary, BUT I haven't even had it for two full days and am loving it. We have a vocal cat. I don't mind the occasional meow or if she is letting us know if she doesn't have food or water, but sometimes she just wants to tell us that she doesn't like us sleeping late or napping or being behind a closed door and THAT... is unacceptable. I take it a little too personal I know, but when she sleeps all day and decides she doesn't like when we want to sleep... WTF ??... I am a light sleeper that sometimes has trouble falling asleep and a couple loud meows from her, I am awake and angry. I even have a audio sleep head band playing white noise, but her meows can seem to penetrate them pretty easy when she is right next to the bed. When she goes into that 'annoy us mode' the only countermeasure was to get out of bed and toss her out on the back porch. Although she is a declawed indoor cat, I don't mind setting her outside because the porch is covered, the yard is solidly fenced in and she is not a runner anyway, but I definitely don't want to leave her out there all night if I don't have to. Unfortunately, sometimes her annoying meowing is so bad, I have no other choice. Even on the porch, we can hear her meow constantly to come back in so she can annoy us up close, but the volume is much more tolerable on the other side of an exterior door.Enter the eXuby collarPROS(1) appears solidly constructed.(2) no disposable batteries !!! recharges quickly with provided charger.(3) pretty clear, simple instruction.(4) although this is a shock collar, it also provides a tone mode and vibrate mode. This is awesome, because by using them grouped together kitty quickly learns they are related and tones and vibrates mean something much worse could be around the corner. I think I will hardly ever have to use shock mode.(5) vibrate and shock have intensity levels so you can use the lowest setting possible that gets the job done and minimize kitty's stress.SMALL CONS - two things i am not crazy about, but are so insignificant compared to the pros that I won't even drop any ratings from 5 stars.(1) device has two channels, so if you are accidentally on the wrong channel, it won't work. i suppose this is for people who have two annoying cats and you can work two collars with one remote... I can see for them this would be a huge plus.(2) Due to prong design, I do not want my cat wearing this 24/7. Mostly only when we are trying to sleep day or night. So i plan to put this ON or OFF at least once a day and the buckle style is a bit clumsy. It is also not choke proof. I would feel better with a breakaway collar and a click & lock type fastener. I will probably have to design this myself at some point.(3) a little pricey (79.99 for me), but if this thing last for even a couple years, I feel like it is worth it.You do have to get right fit on the neck. Not too tight to be jamming uncomfortably into the neck, but close enough to be effective. I do not plan to keep this on her when we are not sleeping. I know this cat. I know when she is going into singing mode and she has tried it twice with the collar and I KNOW it works. She was going into a singing session and I gave her the lowest intensity shock and she STOPPED mid meow and there were no follow ups. Our cat is pretty, but dumb as a bagful of hammers, yet it appears even she has learned instantly the meow game is OVER.now if I could only get one for my neighbor's backyard dog.UPDATE: this morning I went to shut up my loud cat and there seemed to be no affect. Found collar unit was OFF. Turned ON and tested tone and seemed to work fine. Within a few minutes it was OFF again. I can only assume battery died although there was no red blinking LED like manual states. It may have been so dead the warning time is easy to miss. Now I am reading other reviews critical of collar battery. This has me worried. Remote battery life seems to be no problem, but collar stops charging for some people altogether and one guy said it is a red flag that instructions warn against charging more than 4 hours. He said this shows they are using old battery technology and is problematic. So this good product would be great if it had a good collar battery with battery indicator for it visible on remote. I can probably deal with charging every day or two if necessary, but I am afraid this could be the Achilles Heel with this product that I am otherwise very impressed with. Will be monitoring performance and return time window very carefully.

I got this for a cat. It is not a safety collar and I would not recommend they wear this 24/7. We put this on at bedtime and took it off in the morning. The collar part is a stiff plastic and you can cut the extra off with scissors. It's not too heavy for a cat and did not seem to bother mine in any way.It comes with these metal prod pieces of various lengths that you screw on. You're suppose to use the length that will come in contact with your cats neck. We tried two different ones and tried tightening the collar to get it to work.You have to push a button on the collar piece to turn it on, the remote is always on. First time we tried it we forgot to push the button to turn it on until we realized it wasn't beeping.Not wanting to be cruel, I did put it on my wrist and tried it before putting it on her. It felt like a shock from walking on carpet or such. I think it's intention is to scare more than to harm.My cat starts this incredibly loud yowling noise at around 3 AM every single night. Yelling, clapping, spraying with water, earplugs, etc. have all been used. We lock her in the room furthest from the bedroom and her noise still wakes us up multiple times a night. The spray bottle with water has gotten the best results but it requires someone stay awake with it aimed at her and that was getting old real quick. This was yet another attempt to correct and stop this behavior. It had no effect whatsoever.Her yowlings come in waves of about 12-15 cries, then she stops until you get back to sleep at which point she starts again. She does this about every half hour until dawn. It's driving us nuts. Because it's so time specific we know it's nothing medical and have discussed it with our vet who assured us that if there was a medical issue it would be occurring all day/night.The first night we took off her regular collar and put this on and waited with the remote at the bedside. Right on schedule, it began. We started with it on the noise setting and every time she yowled we hit the bell. She continued. At about yowl # 5 we moved on to vibration and with each yowl upped the strength (you get five choices). Nothing happened. At yowl #10ish we went to shock and with each yowl upped the strength (you get five). Absolutely nothing happened, she never stopped.Next night we tightened the collar thinking maybe it wasn't in contact with her skin. Same thing, we started with the bell for 5 times, vibration for 5 times, shock for remainder. Again, nothing stopped her.Third night we skipped all but the shock and this time held the button down rather than just press it and still nothing stopped her. At this point, we gave up on this device.Can someone make a device for cats that sprays water in their face???? It's all I can think of anymore other than tranquilizers, lol.

I may be using them wrong who knows. It doesn’t seem to stay on while on the cats. The part that’s made it easiest is the bell that comes on it. We got these so we could use the beeping to find them (we have to put the cats in a kennel at night or they won’t let us sleep, and we have 6 kids we can’t be kept awake all night) as well as we’re going to use the vibration to make sure they do not get on our table. We have no problems with them trying to get on our counters they never have done that, but they get on our table. We can not get them to work properly. It seems they shut off, and yes they’re charged and all accurate on settings. The beep could be louder as well. The very few times it did stay on and worked the beep was extremely low and hard to hear. The vibration is decently strong as well. That is good. We don’t use the other option. So I can’t speak about it. I only got it for the beep, and vibrations options. I think it needs some upgrading though. I’m not trying to sound rude. Just letting you know our personal experience with it. Thank you.

My cat scratches on my expensive carpets so I got this to teach her not to damage my carpets. As long as you use this in a lighted area, it works fine. If you try to use it at night (when my cat scratches) you cannot identify which button to press and can go from a sound to a shock if not careful. I suggest that the manufacturer elevate the "apply" button or mark it is such a way that using it in the dark is effective without potential shock to the animal.