Avoidance Tactics

When it comes to getting one of the cats to the vet I have to be very cunning they know exactly what the word 'vet' means, they can even spell because they understand even if I spell out the word 'V E T'. Meg the dog just turns into a nervous wreck but the cats are more cunning Oreo tries to sneak outside and then heads up the highest tree he can find, while Dave simply makes himself invisible,he is an expert on hiding and nothing will entice him out. These challenges are nothing compared to the difficulty of getting Robbie to go to the doctors. He doesn't rush out of the back door and head up the tallest tree he can find, but his avoidance tactics are just as effective. Last week he promised me faithfully that he would go to the doctors but he didn't make it, this week he has been ducking and diving and insisting that he is far too busy at work to go to the doctors. He has been having acute pain running down one arm and it is becoming more frequent, so I am not going to let him mess around for long. If he doesn't see sense I will have to send someone out with a tranquilliser dart like the ones they use on chimps! One way or another he is going to the doctors.