Author: Amanda Jay

  • Perfectly balanced Wooden scale with blocks marked with a minus sign on the left and a plus sign on the right

    Is it +R or R+?

    You Know It Means “Positive Reinforcement”, But Does the Plus Sign Come BEFORE or AFTER the R??!

  • bay dressage competition horse trained with Positive Reinforcement shown at elevated collected trot with rider in blue coat white breeches against desert meadow background

    An R+ Future for Sporthorses

    Every horse, from the most expensive, gorgeous sport horse to the plain old pony in a back pasture, is simply a horse. They need what horses need, and they have no care or concept of competition or sport. So why would we be excited about aiming at high-level competition with Via Nova horses?

  • Vinnie, the cartoon horse, stands in a stable under the banner "Will work for carrots"

    Via Nova’s School Pony, Vinnie, introduces Priority to Positive®

    Via Nova’s school pony, Vinnie, covers the two basic flavors of reinforcement in this free video resource.