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[Dwarf4704]

I'm trying to tame some creatures from a siege, some horses and a war dog, but the dwarves won't train them so far. Are animals brought by an enemy army untrainable?

[anewaname]

Wiki says:

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Captured war mounts and any other named enemies of your civilization can also be trained, but they will, regardless of training level, remain hostile to your civilization and will, if released from bondage, attack your units without mercy; even worse, these creatures may cause a loyalty cascade if you order your military to deal with the situation.Bug:6051

[Tomsod]

If they were jabberers or some other exotic animals, it would be reasonable to release them somewhere they can breed and then tame their offspring, but horses are not worth the bother.  You can order horses from the dwarven caravan if you really want them.

[delphonso]

I'm trying to tame some creatures from a siege, some horses and a war dog, but the dwarves won't train them so far. Are animals brought by an enemy army untrainable?

They're loyal to the cause!

[FourierSeries]

There are four approaches to the problem of getting past untrainable invaders I am aware of.

1) The strict disciplinarian classic/traditional flotational fall-back approach: magma training.

2) The wacky make it somebody else's problem indirect method: trade 'em to the elves. Elves'll bring back tame examples next year. Or, eventually. Maybe. Nota bene, ignore any peanut gallery commentary about aggressive, untrainable creatures and largely hypothetical trade depot transportation issues. That said, remember option 1 is always a valid fall-back. Just sayin'.

3) The way of the cheatan' bastard: DFHack. Aside from factional manipulations did you know you can also use DFHack to spawn magma? Just sayin'.

4) The modern politically correct system: breed the originals; train the offspring. Once you have a self sustainable population of offspring I'd suggest the standard fall-back for the originals.