About Us | Camelot Kennels Pet Resort Monson MA

Home away From Home

We have designed Camelot to provide the ultimate in care, comfort, and security for your pets. Conveniently located in the heart of the Pioneer Valley, nestled on 24 acres of private, peaceful, countryside. in Monson, Massachusetts.

Since Camelot’s inception and under the direction of Jennifer Garman since 1999, it has been our goal to be New England’s premier boarding facility, offering your pets a 5-star vacation destination.

We’re a second family generation small family business. Lindsey Garman moved back to Monson in 2019 after going to the University of Florida and exploring her love of travel. Since then Camelot has continued to expand and blossom under her care. She has many more exciting ideas and plans to continue making Camelot a premium all-inclusive resort.

Lindsey Garman, Owner

Lindsey was 5 years old when Jennifer bought the Camelot. She grew up playing with the dogs after school, birthing puppies, working with our trainers, and her own dogs. She worked most of her teenage summers here behind the scenes. Growing up at Camelot has given her a unique perspective on the resort and its guests. Her love for the animals lead her to the University of Florida for her bachelor’s degree. In 2019, she decided to come back and manage the resort full time. She was able to bring a fresh perspective on the difficulties of finding reliable pet care for her own animals, while she was away. She is proud of our expansion projects and excited about the future of Camelot. She wears many hats including our COO and Dog Trainer, Pet CPR and First Aid Instructor, Midwoof and Yoga instructor. She has 6 dogs of her own at home and 2 cats.

Stephanie, GM

Stephanie is our General Manager and has been working at Camelot since April 2022, but she and her dog Mason have been part of the Camelot Daycare Family since 2012. She has three dogs, Mason, Toby, Freya, and three cats. In addition to managing at Camelot she owns a Reiki Healing business and has recently expanded her certification to include Reiki for Animals that she uses to help promote optimal health and relieve anxiety for our fur clients! Being a part of the Camelot family has been life changing for her and she’s grateful every day for the amazing dogs and their humans she gets to work with, as well as the amazing friends she’s found in her coworkers!

Jennifer Garman, Owner

Jennifer is a Navy Veteran with a degree from UMASS in Hospitality and Resturant management. Jennifer purchased Camelot in 1999. After years of travel and a lifetime of adventure, the decision to settle down and build roots was a no-brainer for Jennifer. Her past military service driving her passion for quality provides her customers with the most professional care available. Her dream of owning a Bed & Breakfast lead to Camelot being run more like a Bed & Biscuit rather than a kennel. Her warm heart compliments the needs of her furry four-legged guests perfectly. Jennifer is excited to step into retirement and her next adventures. She can still be found making holiday treats and tending to her garden.

Lindsey became a certified PetTech Instructor in 2019. Since then she has taught our staff Pet CPR and First Aid every year onboarding new staff and renewing senior staff every 2 years.

Packpro has been an amazing addition to our staff training protocols. Through their videos our staff get a head start and examples on dog body language and group play management.

Lindsey’s official dog training certification through Michael Ellis and the Leerburg dog training school has been an incredible asset to our pet owners.

Adding Reiki Healing to our program has been a game changer for our anxious pets who receive it. Changes we’ve witnessed range from curing barrier aggression, increased apatite, better behavior for family members and groomer, increased comfort, healing from grief of a pet sibling, and more.

As an older facility retrofitting gates to fit our suites that are easy to clean, keep our four legged guests comfortable and secure. As well as their beautiful cheerful design have been a welcome upgrade to the facility.

Kuranda cots have been an amazing addition to keeping our guests comfortable. Their durability allows even our most challenging dogs to have a comfortable nights sleep. Pettherapeutics pet couch is a nice upgrade for our senior or extra spoiled guests.

Stafford is our on call veterinarian. Not only our they our owner’s personal veterinary clinic but they have been amazing to work with with our clients animals in our care. It is incredibly comforting knowing they are only 15 min away and happy to help in an emergency.

The ablity to offer in house fecal testing has been a huge convenience to be able to offer our clients while maintaining the safest facility. Dr. Beres looks at all results and has been an amazing resource for us and our clients.

Kennel Connection has been our booking software since 2001 when we switched off paper records. Their commitment to innovation helps keep our communication with our clients and record keeping unmatched.

Temporary Identity collars that snap off are a nice addition to keeping our guests safe and communication of their needs clear.

PEMF therapy(Pulse Electric Magnetic Frequency) has been a great addition relieving arthritis pain, and other ailments. Ask about it as an add on service.

Home away From Home

Our Staff

Lindsey Garman, Owner

Stephanie, GM

Jennifer Garman, Owner

Our Partners