if you can askl the vet for a mild sedative to give to her prior to her visit. Maybe this way they can get a good exam in as well. If that doesnt work I know you can ask them to give her a bit of gas. I had to do this once to get blood drawn from my fiesty one! "UNTIL ONE HAS LOVED AN ANIMAL, PART OF THEIR SOUL REMAINS UNAWAKENED" He is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog. You are his life, his love, his leader. He will be yours, faithful and true, to the last beat of his heart. You owe it to him to be worthy of such devotion. -Unknown I go along with Winston with the idea of using a light sedative or tranquilizer. I have a couple other suggestions that might be of value as well. Google Thundershirt for cats I bought one this summer for a cat who was having problems with electrical storms and it works quite well for him. Something else that I have used and introduced it to our Vets in town is Clipnosis, This technique works quite well on some cats. One day, a friend of mine told me about an incident that she heard about after I had mentioned it to her. She introduced this to her vet. It happened that her vet had a cat that they wanted to do a physical on, and three of them could not hold the cat down. Then