In 2019, amateur rider Jenny Achilles bought Excel Star Lance so that she could start eventing again. But the pair were having trouble on cross country, so she and trainer Gilly Slayter used Positive Reinforcement (R+) and Priority to Positive® Techniques to help. And just two years later, in addition […]
In August of 2021, Cami Hustead arrived at Via Nova Training to begin her journey as a Student Trainer of Via Nova’s Priority to Positive® Program. She has been studying in and out of the classroom while simultaneously training and riding many of the […]
What happens when a retired elephant trainer buys her first horse? Positive reinforcement (R+), of course! After decades of personal success using R+ as a tool with elephants, it seemed like a natural training method for a horse. And this is how we met an amazing individual who […]
After 20 years out of the saddle and getting the bug to compete, Jenny purchased her first eventing horse, Frida. Soon after, she learned that her new mare was shutdown and sour, with a tendency to rear. Jenny was scared and stuck. With no money to buy another horse and […]
We are All About Supporting Educational Opportunities!
We are #alwayslearning—it’s one of the many aspects we enjoy about this journey. Expanding our horizons and supporting the welfare of the horse, Via Nova sponsored a select group of organizations and events in the last year.
In June of 2021, we sponsored CHATTcon, the virtual […]
As our team continues to grow, we are pleased to welcome new horses, boarders, students, and babies, and we look forward to this show season…
Via Nova is educating the future professional R+ horse trainers who can teach […]
As our earlier ‘Day in the Life’ post indicates, we welcomed our first two Priority to Positive® (PtP) student trainers, Cami and Jasmine, to the Via Nova team in August of 2021. Through classroom lectures and hands-on training with our horses and miniature herd, these […]
When deciding to sponsor this panel of experts discussing horsemanship at this year’s Equitana, we knew that the conversation certainly would be interesting. We were pleased to see it expand beyond our wildest expectations! Listening to what each expert had to say was […]
In these five posts, we aim to recapture some of the highlights of this engaging discussion that crossed disciplines and backgrounds and was intricately woven together through expression and experience.
The panel consisted of Karen Rohlf of Dressage Naturally, Ronny Riemer, the “German Riding Instructor” of RC […]