i have 5 dogs- 2 greyhounds and 2 borzoi as well as my pyr. I
also have ScatMats which have electric charges and are designed to keep the
dogs out of the dining room. All 4 hounds will never step on the mats,
having done it ONCE and learned the lesson. My pyr usually won't go in
the room, HOWEVER, if there is something he feels he truly needs in there,
well... One example was the berry cobbler I made and set in the dining room
to cool. My pyr has a sweet tooth and I thought it would be safe from
him in there with the ScatMat. Nope, he braved the shock and stepped
on it anyway while I was out of the house, pulled the cobbler off the dining
room table and ate the whole thing. To his credit there was not a
stain on him or on the carpet and the only way I knew for sure it was him
was the tuft of white fur he left behind on the carpet. He never stops
amazing me!