Global, another problem using dogs to kill rats is that most rats can climb. One night in Louisiana, the dogs started raising a ruckus and I turned on the light in the courtyard and saw 5 rats lined up like Rockettes about 5 feet up a brick wall. That's when the pellet rifle came out.
You are so right the lil bast***** can climb and leap/fly.
I keep the exterior lights on all the way around the property too.
I don’t mind if they want to live out around the nieghborhood just would like to keep them away from the house.
We have vendors drop of supplies for KV care and I have them trained to bring everything in the house not just drop in the garage and run...same with my UPS and Fed Ex guy.
Fed Ex guy is cool he use to have one of my pups from a litter years ago. And that was when he was living in Eastern Oregon.
Bred some fine hunting dogs back in the day.