Dr. Barbara Biermeyer insisted on taking Leroy out of our sight when she treated him. We have never allowed vets to do that in the past but had forgotten WHY. Dr. Biermeyer helped us recall that you should NEVER trust a vet who insists on treating your pet out of your sight, you would be horrified to find out what they are doing behind your back. When we decided to have our cat Leroy put to sleep, Dr. Biermeyer, who has the worst communication skills of any vet I've ever met, told us it would be very difficult to find a vein for the lethal injection because Leroy was dehydrated and 17 years old. She explained that she would take him to "the back room" to "give him a sedative" before the lethal injection. Luckily, the clinic's receptionist, a new hire, just happened to let it slip that the good doctor planned to take Leroy to "the back room" to give him an injection into his heart, an extremely distressing and painful procedure we had already told Dr. Biermeyer we would not allow.