Dogs that know...what about us cats?

[Psiclops]

Came across this feature in the UK Daily Mail

The weird world of mystic mogs and death-sensing dogs | Mail Online

As it refers to Sheldrake and his findings that cats seem to know when they are going to be taken to the vets - I wondered that, after Alex has proved that dogs know, whether he might experiment with moggies.
I have no idea how such an experiment would work - maybe others on this board have some ideas?
If a cat owner decided to take a cat to the vet for the purposes of demonstrating how the cat shoots off - would the cat know it was only an experiment and not the real thing?
How many visits to the vet I wonder does it take for puss to develop this aversion?
And I wonder what exactly it is about the vets that scares cats?
I mean it's obvious if a vet cut off your gonads - you'd be reluctant to visit again...but would a mere examination by a kindly vet on a table be enough to get pussy trembling with fear?
Or maybe it's the 'vibration of death' about the vets - maybe cats sense other cats pain or past trauma....

[Janix Moon]

I'm surprised there's not more replies here! or maybe I should have checked the dog post because more people are dog lovers.
To me its a simple line of thought: animals are aware/have emotions. animals have souls. animals are so in-tune with emotions (thiers and ours) that its a very plain language to them. animals being in-tune have a natural psychic ability to communicate with each other and us, if were listening. animals who are psychic also have this 6th sense of "knowing" and its just another level of awareness or sensitivity that humans sometimes have depending on how sensitive they've become.
We all have the ability, just animals are better at it than we are- just like we are better at the slower mental wave of spoken language and thought processes. A very in-tune person would also be able to sense the moment someone makes a decision in their head and it is almost like its being broad-cast loud and clear. Thats my experience anyway, when I'm feeling particularly sensitive and a person is focused on a certain thought- its like mentally they are staring intently at a picture of a red car and anyone who's paying attention mentally will automatically look at the same picture because that person is so focused. so when the owner says in their mind "gotta get fluffy now if I dont want to be late" they are usually pretty focused and fluffy gets a loud and clear "time for the vet!" and they book it for the nearest hiding place. Thats my explanation.

[Psiclops]

Thanks for responding to this one Janix - nobody else did.
Glad you seem to be psychic.
Me? I'm psychically impotent - I need some ESP viagra!
But on a serious note...hasn't anyone any ideas how we could experiment with this cats dread of vets thing?