Don’t get between them. Pretty easy. Was the garden enclosed?
Nope, to big an area; have 5 dogs but they don’t even bother to bark at the deer anymore.
Have an orchard about 20 yards from the house and during the fall you have to carry a broom handle to give the critters (carry a 12 gauge with slugs, just in case the bears don’t want to back off) a whack on the nose when picking apples.
I would just shoot the long legged rats, but I really don’t care for venison.