Melannya has been surrounded by animals all her life. Her passion was practically bred into her jeans. She had responsibilities of taking care of and training rabbits, dogs, cats and helping with breeding too. When Melannya started The Pawsitive Touch it was with an interest in alternative pet health care. Having ridden and taken care of horses since the young age of four, an Equine Massage Therapy course was of great interest. In 2003 she became a Certified Equine Sports Massage Therapist, with Jodi Pendry, and started looking into dog massage. This lead to becoming a Pet Massage Practitioner through PetMassage in 2005. Looking for further alternative treatments, a friend was taking a Reiki course and it created some interest for Melannya when she asked about it. This started the path to achieving Level 1 and 2 certifications in 2004 and then 2010.

Melannya has also been working at a small animal clinic full and part time since 2008 and helps to assist the Veterinarian in many ways. In combination she also works with the vets to help with dogs that have lameness issues, hip displaysia, ACL injuries or surgeries and older, arthritic dogs too. There was still more Melannya was looking for and took workshops for Flower Essences for animals, Animal Energy Bodies and she started to wonder about alternative care she used for herself. If she used crystals and aromatherapy for herself and it helped... it should help with animals too! Melannya has been using crystals for pets since 2005 and even makes customized charms to wear on collars, place in the bed, in the room, where ever it may be needed. more... See more text