My horse is traumatized about going into the pasture because he was attacked by coyotes.

SkylarMonkey
SkylarMonkey: My horse was attacked by 3 coyotes today. He will not go back in the pasture and won't come out of his stall.. HELP!
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CerebralEcstasy
CerebralEcstasy: Can you get him a friend? Like a donkey for instance? Donkey's hate coyotes and will kick the crap out of them.
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Hyenablood
Hyenablood: or a lama ? they too kick coyote asses, and make great buddies as well as guards.
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SkylarMonkey
SkylarMonkey: He has a lot of other stallions/geldings in the pasture with him. He just separated himself from the group. He's not a very social horse
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pstyletto
pstyletto: He feels safe in is stall. That worries me as I thought coyotes would never really attack a horse being larger then they are. Weve spotted one in our pasture as well. Always in the back of my mind. Sadly, when a horse experiences a really bad trama, its very difficult for them to forget it.
Hopefully, we will hear from you again to see how your horse has progressed on this matter.
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magnusalexrawstron
magnusalexrawstron: Find a Horse Whisperer fellow, or read some books on such, you cant just force him back into the field, he/she has to be convinced everything is OK.
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JustDonna
JustDonna: electric fencing?
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deacon7771
deacon7771: Electric fencing might help keep the coyotes out in the future, but I will NOT get the traumatized horse to go into the pasture. As for getting the horse to go back to the pasture, I think it is a case of "you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink." Equines are notoriously stubborn, it's not only mules but all equines that can be very stubborn, so I doubt that you will be able to quickly cure this problem. If you are patient and PERSISTENT, you can. The first thing I suggest you try, is to NOT feed the horse anything in the stall, place a tub of oats a ways outside, and let the horse see and smell the food, but keep it a ways out of the stall and further and further out each day. Apples and brown sugar are also good lures but make the horse come all the way out to the pasture for that sort of treat.
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BeyondHelp
BeyondHelp: have you considered hypnotism .... might stop the horse having such a long face ......

ok, ok ... I dont know much about horses ....
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a_Robin
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deacon7771
deacon7771: Yeah! What Robin1517 just said! We need an update!

Did the horse recover?
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rubie26
rubie26: maybe a companion to lead out to the paddock with him might help or start leading him out with coaxing lots of reassurance im sure you will get there
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