Owner Luc Bergeron has been operating this business since June of 2005, when it was still known as “Paw Prince Bed & Biscuit,” but has been active with animals for a long time. He’s been a cat and bird caretaker since childhood, dog daddy since 1997, and has been through obedience classes with his own dogs. He has also been a foster dad for Maine Cocker Spaniel Rescue.

He has been trained in Canine CPR and First Aid, and due to his experiences as a dad, foster dad, and Head Kounselor here, has lots of experience with companion animals from the very young and healthy to the elderly and those with special medical needs.

He believes in some of Cesar Milan's behavioral concepts; specifically, those relating to keeping a pack stable and happy, and he believes that dogs are more comfortable and happier when they can be in a pack-oriented setting, with an eye toward making it feel like a home, not a kennel. He feels that when you stay at Kamp K9, you’re thought of as part of the family.

He is also a musician, having played drums professionally for many years. (Check out the website of his band at www.bobcharestmusic.com.) He is very experienced in public speaking and in creative writing, which comes in handy when composing the Kamp K9 monthly newsletters (see The Straight Poop page on this site).

Jennifer Bergeron, Luc’s wife, has always had an affinity for animals, and always had pets in her family, starting from an early age. She grew up with dogs, and has always had cats, no matter where life has taken her. Her pet experience also includes hamsters, gerbils, and guinea pigs.

Besides having pets, Jen has also had some experiences with animals that most people haven’t. When still a teenager, she had the opportunity to help care for a litter of Collie puppies, and a couple of years later ended up caring for an abandoned litter of kittens, feeding them formula and teaching them things that a mother cat would teach her babies.

Since 2005 she has been working for Idexx Laboratories (an international company in the veterinary diagnostics field), and from working there has learned a lot of fascinating things about companion and farm animals.

She has raised her son Justin (now 17) as a single mother.

Jen met Luc in February of 2007, and as their relationship grew, so did her role in Kamp K9, helping out with the care of all our clients. After she and Justin moved in, her status as “Auntie Jen” solidified, and she has taken all of Kamp K9’s clients into her generous heart (and has no problem sharing her living quarters with them).