Teatime with Elsa - Episode 81

Chatting about: Playing games…

In this episode I talk about the sense of enjoyment that we can develop in association to learning, by turning the things our horses find challenging into a game. We can gamify the more difficult things for the horse to evoke curiosity, interest, and engagement rather than resistance and irritation. The goal is to create a fun game mentality around learning new things so the horse looks forward to challenges and enjoys the way it makes them feel through the positive associations that we build. The better the associations the horse has with learning, the more they enjoy learning. The more they enjoy learning, the faster the learning becomes and the more they volunteer to do things with us.

Originally aired on: February 23rd, 2021