Getting rid of mice without poisoning the dog?

[helothar]

I found sticky traps to be the most effective control w/o poison. It's kind of brutal, but the mice around here are too smart for the mechanical traps. They actually lick the bait off the trap w/o triggering it. If I find one stuck that's still alive, I dispatch quickly with a knife (off with his head).

Sticky traps have worked in my experience, with a dab of peanut butter in the center

[fatdog]

We live way out in the country so it is a never ending problem, this has worked well for years

https://www.homedepot.com/p/TOMCAT-P...10PM/205563821 which are nice and very re-usable...

baited with this stuff plus a single piece of dry dog food kibble....https://www.homedepot.com/p/TOMCAT-M...1005/300933924

[OfficeCat]

A guy I used to shoot with told me he once had a greyhound that was the most efficient killer of mice he'd ever seen.

[jws]

I found sticky traps to be the most effective control w/o poison. It's kind of brutal, but the mice around here are too smart for the mechanical traps. They actually lick the bait off the trap w/o triggering it. If I find one stuck that's still alive, I dispatch quickly with a knife (off with his head).

One workaround for mice licking the bait off the trap without triggering it is to use a bread tie and tie one or two Honey Nut Cheerios to the set. It works much better in my experience.

[feudist]

I found sticky traps to be the most effective control w/o poison. It's kind of brutal, but the mice around here are too smart for the mechanical traps. They actually lick the bait off the trap w/o triggering it. If I find one stuck that's still alive, I dispatch quickly with a knife (off with his head).

When my daughter was three she came and got me because a mouse was "talking to her."
She could hear its screams of agony as it was dying in a glue trap. She was transported in flights of ecstasy at having found a new friend.
I was torn between "awww" at her reaction and feeling sick at her misinterpretation.
I told her I would take him to his mommy, took him outside and ended it, apologizing to its mouse spirit.
No more glue traps.

[BillSWPA]

I previously used a predecessor of this trap with success. No noise, no danger to pets or small children.

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Victor-H...250S/302256999

[DamonL]

We live way out in the country so it is a never ending problem, this has worked well for years

https://www.homedepot.com/p/TOMCAT-P...10PM/205563821 which are nice and very re-usable...

baited with this stuff plus a single piece of dry dog food kibble....https://www.homedepot.com/p/TOMCAT-M...1005/300933924

I use this but the mice catch on to them so I take away for a bit and reintroduce them.

[JclInAtx]

We use this stuff in the RV and it works to drive mice away pretty well. It won’t kill them and does need reapplication monthly or so.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B08WH...8-c2144ed87a56

But it smells good and that’s a bonus.

We had mice problems at my parents. A friend recommended cotton balls soaked in peppermint oil. He stores his boat and a car for the winter using this method and says he hasn't had a problem. Of course it doesn't kill the mice, just keeps them away. You don't want them to move from the shed into the house.

[Gater]

I've had reasonable success with these in an indoor situation, but I have them in the basement where the dog doesn't have access.

https://www.amazon.com/Victor-RZC001...1zcF9hdGY&th=1

[GJM]

We had a hangar in Utah, that had bad mice problems. Really hard to seal a hangar. The airport brought feral cats in, and ever since, I haven't seen sign of a single mouse. Guy across the way did have a cat decide to take up residence in the rear baggage of his plane, which was a different sort of problem.