Get a couple of miniature dachshunds. Of course for the first year they will really mess up your garden and the lawn but they are persistent in going after rodents in the ground and very good at finding them. They seem to be able to sense them and dig right down to them whereas some other dogs will dig up a huge patch searching for them without success. My neighbor behind my garden had problems with them but their two large dogs persisted in hunting them all they did was turn the yard into a minefield of large holes and dead spots.
We haven't had a problem with any kind of ground rodents since after the first year we got our first miniature dachshunds. They did make a mess of both the yard and garden for that first year or so but it was nice to find a little vole or mole or two or three every day on the doorstep for the first few weeks of their hunting. It didn't take too long to fill in the fairly small holes they dug and the yard and garden returned to normal except when a stray one decided to try their luck on our property. Now the little hunters concentrate on chipmunks and squirrels but even they avoid our yard for the most part even though the dachshunds are not good at catching squirrels they never stop trying.
Bill
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