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Location: ohio-in my own little world with pretty ponies :) | At my parents place we've always heard them but not close and never really worried about them coming close. Well, we moved way out into the boonies even more and last night at about 1030 we were outside and heard maybe 3 or 4 coyotes that sounded to my SO(he coyote hunts) that they were on our 6 acre property near the barn. We didn't really investigate bc we both had to be up early but he shot off his gun a few times and didn't hear them again. What in wondering is...should I worry about the horses? They are stalled at night but sometimes I don't bring them in until passed dark. I couldn't imagine they would mess with them in their stalls? SO is sure they won't mess but he is going to go out with a light and his calls and try to get rid of them. It was cool and scary to hear them that close!!! |
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| We have a lot coyotes too. They seem to follow the jack rabbits. We have never had a problem with them and the horses or with the cows and calves, but our cows are all brahma infuenced - crosses and santa gertrudis. Those gerts HATE dogs and coyotes and little kids! They will flat attack, better than a donkey.LOL |
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| We have quite a few coyotes around our place, they've never messed with the horses. They have gotten lots of my chickens though, and we've had multiple cats disappear. If I were you I wouldn't be worried unless you have smaller animals. |
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Location: NC | When i first went down to tn i was worried about the coyotes. (I live on long island and we have like 2 coyotes wayyy out east, and no poisonous snakes or spiders) Actually both my horses were fine with them and they would get fairly close. (standing in the barn one time and heard them very close) I thought they would be freaked out but they were ok with them. I think i was more freaked out then they were. |
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Location: Idahome | We don't get them in very close, but have a few times. We had horses run through our fence one night and think that coyotes were the culprit. We could hear them outside, but never thought they would mess with the horses. Woke up the next morning and found the horses 3 miles away. A few days later, hubby had horses tied to the trailer trimming and putting on shoes when 3 of them came in and acted like they were going to circle. By the time he ran to the house to get the gun, they were gone. That was the only instance we had them up close until last nigh. Had one show up in our back yard (not far from the horses) yipping away. Couldn't see it so got a shot off in the air and never heard it again. It was alone, so not sure if it was a pup that got lost or not. My mom has had them get chickens and ducks and act like they were going after the goats. Had some friends have a pack go after their dog and killed it as well. I wouldn't trust them and try to keep them at bay as best as possible. |
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Location: London Ontario | We have two German Shepherds, a male and a female, we have heard of coyotes baiting dogs out to the ditches and gullies to attack, we don't want that to happen, regardless of how smart our dogs are, so as soon as we see tracks, or hear them, we take the dogs, four wheelers and a gun and track them down right away. We have a problem with them mating with wild dogs so we don't want them anywhere near our property. |
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Location: ohio-in my own little world with pretty ponies :) | This weekend he has plans to try and call them in to shoot them. Our entire property is surrounded by bean fields this year. Had a friend post a pic this morning of a coyote out in the field with one of her horses. Pretty crazy !
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| I have seem them set traps for my dogs when we used to live behind a wash. Luckily I saw them and called my dogs back. The coyotes are smart and she they pack hunt they are even smarter |
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Location: California | They were yapping behind the barns and freaking out the horses. Then they would run across the arena while people were riding. 15 coyotes went to coyote heaven. Payback for killing our barn cats. |
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Location: SE Louisiana | A few years ago, some folks from the Humane Society and the U.S. Forest Service were at a farm meeting presenting an alternative to West Virginia sheep producers for controlling the coyote population. It seems that after several years of the farmers using the tried and true methods of shooting and/or trapping the predator, the animal rights folks had a "more humane" solution.
What they proposed was for the coyotes to be captured alive, the males castrated and let loose again and the population would be controlled.
All of the shepherds at the meeting thought about this amazing idea for a couple of minutes. Finally, an old boy in the back stood up, tipped his hat back and said, "Son, I don't think you understand the problem. Those coyotes ain't screwin' our sheep - they're eatin' 'em." |
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Location: ohio-in my own little world with pretty ponies :) | komet. - 2014-08-18 1:48 PM
A few years ago, some folks from the Humane Society and the U.S. Forest Service were at a farm meeting presenting an alternative to West Virginia sheep producers for controlling the coyote population. It seems that after several years of the farmers using the tried and true methods of shooting and/or trapping the predator, the animal rights folks had a "more humane" solution.
What they proposed was for the coyotes to be captured alive, the males castrated and let loose again and the population would be controlled.
All of the shepherds at the meeting thought about this amazing idea for a couple of minutes. Finally, an old boy in the back stood up, tipped his hat back and said, "Son, I don't think you understand the problem. Those coyotes ain't screwin' our sheep - they're eatin' 'em."
That's perfect!!!! |
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Location: The best kept secret in TX | We hear coyotes every night around 11. They are notorious for JUMPING into neighbors BACKYARDS stealing smaller dogs out of their own yard and running with them. It's sad but we heard a dog getting eaten last night.
We don't stall ours at night because our neighbor has had them kill stalled foals and sick horses before. They're BAD out here. My nighbor also had a foal get half it's face eaten off by them two or three months ago. She lived but has no feeling in her left side of her face anymore. She lost her eye as well.
The sherriff told us to shoot at will but we are all too close most of the time to get a shot off without putting a house in danger. It's scary. He also said they were running out of "natural food" because of all the suburbs moving in to the area and taking their natural amentaties. He said they're being left no other option. Which I understand. I just wish we could tone down the packs. I counted 22 the other night all running together across the backside of our 100 acres. Scary Scary |
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Location: Texas | We had a lot of coyotes that lived around us. They would often be in the pastures with our horses. They never tried to mess with the horses. |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | We have packs of coyotes out here, and the packs are pretty big, they dont bother the large livestock like horses and grown cattle, but I would worry about young foals and calves, sheep goats they love to hunt cats and small dogs, so if you have cats and small dogs you better keep them up at night, the coyotes come threw here all the time hunting and they love marking their territory, always got their marking's in my driveway and outside of my yard, I have large dogs so they pretty much keep them out of my yard, we have alot of open land out here, and they come and get water out of our tanks, and hunt the poor shop kitty's we lose alot to coyotes. |
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Location: ohio-in my own little world with pretty ponies :) | We have 2 barn cats and the dogs come in at night. I'm not worried about the horses, didn't know if I should be though lol |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | lexyy12 - 2014-08-18 1:17 PM We have 2 barn cats and the dogs come in at night. I'm not worried about the horses, didn't know if I should be though lol
The only animals I would be worried about is your cats, and if you let you dogs out to go potty at night you need to watch out for them, I have seen coyotes run up in yards and grab a cat or dog and run off with them. Coyotes are very sneaky animals, they have ran off with my mini winnie dog, but she got away from them, I dont know how she did it but she did, and another thing you have to watch out for is Owls, they love small dogs and cats too. My poor winnie dog was always the target of owls. |
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Location: Heart of Texas | The coyotes by me are bad for sure. You would think they would steer clear of my place since I currently have 6 dogs but nope. They've tusseled with 2 of my rott mixes and my chihuahua/satan mix. Luckily he's a ninja and got away. But he had some punture wounds on his ribs and was pretty sore for about a week. I think my big hound mix helped him get out of that but I can't be sure. My hubby just saw the german shepherd sized coyotes run off. We've tried to call em in but we never have much luck. And my poor neightbor lost 19 baby goats last summer alone. He's out of the business now and just has cows....smh |
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| My two little dogs got lost for about 2 weeks, a couple years ago. I was sure they got ate by the darn coyotes. When I finally found them they were hanging out at the neighbors a mile down the road. Those dogs were a great dane, a rott, a german shepard and some other big breed. Mine are poodle and schnauzer. So I figured my little dogs had BIG friends and that is why they lived! I keep the gate closed now. |
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Location: on my horse | Southtxponygirl - 2014-08-18 12:33 PM
lexyy12 - 2014-08-18 1:17 PM We have 2 barn cats and the dogs come in at night. I'm not worried about the horses, didn't know if I should be though lol
The only animals I would be worried about is your cats, and if you let you dogs out to go potty at night you need to watch out for them, I have seen coyotes run up in yards and grab a cat or dog and run off with them. Coyotes are very sneaky animals, they have ran off with my mini winnie dog, but she got away from them, I dont know how she did it but she did, and another thing you have to watch out for is Owls, they love small dogs and cats too. My poor winnie dog was always the target of owls.
holy cow!! what did you do when it happened? |
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Location: MD | I have always been under the understanding horses are to big of a target, unless already injured and down or very small to begin with, even then I don't know one pony that wouldn't fight for their life, little ponies are always so surprisingly tough!
we worried more about our other animals that were of the smaller variety. we let ours out to go potty at night, I had a senior dog who was almost 100% blind and deaf and he got totally surrounded one night while going potty by 3 coyotes and I went mama bear on them and scared the snot out of them and my own poor dog banging my shovels together and on the ground. Since we didn't have guns at the time I wasn't going to be shooting anything.
Do you have a dominant horse in the pack that's a big tough guy/girl? My 16/16.1 hh appy is a big tough guy that doesn't take sass from anything and I haven't really worried about those things since bringing him home and he's a total blessing. You could get a llama, those things are pretty protective! |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | redmansmyman11 - 2014-08-18 2:58 PM Southtxponygirl - 2014-08-18 12:33 PM lexyy12 - 2014-08-18 1:17 PM We have 2 barn cats and the dogs come in at night. I'm not worried about the horses, didn't know if I should be though lol The only animals I would be worried about is your cats, and if you let you dogs out to go potty at night you need to watch out for them, I have seen coyotes run up in yards and grab a cat or dog and run off with them. Coyotes are very sneaky animals, they have ran off with my mini winnie dog, but she got away from them, I dont know how she did it but she did, and another thing you have to watch out for is Owls, they love small dogs and cats too. My poor winnie dog was always the target of owls. holy cow!! what did you do when it happened?
That poor little dog, she and my other dogs would love to follow me while I was riding, where I lived in the Rio Granda Valley we had a huge canal that ran by our house and there was lots of coyotes that lived along there, one night a couple started to follow me, I knew they were starking the dogs, and silly Lucy {Mini weinnie} decided to chase them off, well they took ahold of her and ran off in the corn feild, I chased them but lost them ran home got hubby and truck went looking. I just knew that they made a meal out of her I was so sick about it, next morning I heard something at the door and there she was, and was looking at me like where did you go mom, I took care of those bad dogs for you,lol.. I do not know how she did it but she got away and she had not markes on her at all, now the owls love her too, they were always trying to carry her off. Poor Lucy..One night she went flying by my window, darn Owl had her, but it droped her after a few seconds of her wiggling, poor baby had tiny little holes all along her back from the owls sharp nails.. |
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Location: Texas | We have quite a few coyotes around me and they have never seemed to bother horses. I also have a feeling I have lost a few little dogs to them. I had one dog who protected me and my place who would chase the coyotes away from the house. They got the best of her one day and I had to put her to sleep. RIP Sue you were the best...my scared little pound puppy. Sorry I got off topic. I have never had such am amazing dog like her. |
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Location: Pacific Northwest | We have coyotes all over our 125 acre property. Never had them get anywhere near the horses or even up by the house. The cows chase them off if they get anywhere near the calves. We've never lost cats or chickens either but again, they never make it up to the house. I see a coyote almost every time I ride, they're scared of the horses and run off.
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Location: California | We have a lot of coyotes around here as well .Neither us nor the surrounding properties have had problems with them on any level aside from chickens being snatched . They don't bother the dogs either . Now the wolves that are hanging around are a whole other issue , but the coyotes are usually just looking at picking off the rabbits . |
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