We are a committed team of fun, easy-going, playful dog lovers.
Our Team
Melissa Saunders - Owner
Melissa started her family by first adopting a samoyed and beagle mix from the Fredericton SPCA. Not long after Melissa graduated from STU she started her 2 legged family: Jeremy, Corey and Sabrina. The SPCA is hard to resist so their four legged family continued to grow with two husky mixes and then a dalmatian. Being a breeder was always a dream of Melissa but her heart was too big. She had a hard time parting with the puppies from the litters so her family soon welcomed 9 dachshunds. She then decided working at Global Pet Foods was the best way to include her love of animals in her daily life, she remained there for 8 years in a manager position. When the opportunity of owning her own daycare presented itself she couldn't say no.
Corey Saunders
Corey grew up in a house full of animals. He shared his time with many creatures including a lizard, hamsters and a number of guinea pigs.
Corey worked part time at Global Pet Foods throughout high school. Corey has been apart of the Pawsitive Daycare family since November 2014. In 2018 he rescued his first dog, Clover, the perfect duo. But rescue dogs are like chips, you can't just have one! The following year Corey adopted another rescue, Hoxton: the cattle dog!
Allix Laffoley - Operations Manager
Growing up on a farm in New Brunswick Allix's passion and care for animals started very young. She started working with dogs at a young age later to move to Quebec for studies; After graduating from Bishop's university with a degree in Business and Physics she headed to BC, she volunteered at several wildlife reserves and shelters, whilst working for high ropes rescue In the rocky mountain resorts, later making her way to Nova Scotia.
There she joined Camp Bow Wow (a dog daycare in Halifax). After three wonderful years she made her way home to Moncton, Where she directly Joined Pawsitive Daycare in January 2016. She devotes her time and energy into the four legged friends she spends her work day with and her home life as well with her wife, Sabrina and their two children Wyatt and Grace and their four legged family Tj, Libby and Lighty.
Sabrina Laffoley - External Owner
Full time photographer (Right Angle Photography)
Sabrina grew up with a household full of animals. While attending high school she worked part time at Global Pet Foods. Sabrina was so inspired by her mothers love of animals that she decided to start her own four legged family with a rescue named Sophia.
After High School she decided to take Nursing at UNB. The summer after completing her first year She agreed to help Melissa open Pawsitive Daycare.
Being with the daycare since day one she decided to not go back to university in the fall and is now on the outside looking in getting intel from her wife Allix and progressing her career as a Photographer and business owner of Right Angle Photography and spending her days with their two children Wyatt and Grace and dogs TJ and Libby and cat Lighty.
