Ground Hogs

A family of ground hogs has gradually, year by year, moved closer to our house.   They are now close enough that they should pay rent.   They basically live on my front porch.   When anyone leaves or enters the house from March through October they will likely confront the entire furry family.

That's not too much of a hardship .   I might be able to live with it except  that's how I take my dogs outside.   Sneaking the dogs past the ground hogs is not possible.   The dogs and the hogs can not co-exist.   The ground hogs must go.

Honestly, I should shoot them or trap them.    However, there's Caring Kim.   She actually cares about the ground hogs.   So I spent $50 on a live trap.   I'm trying to catch them live and then carry them 10 miles from the house to release them.    I have tried a variety of bait to lure them.   No ground hog has ever entered the trap in two years.

I'm not sure which is harder...walking the dogs past the ground hogs or keeping them away from the trap. 

Sometimes business takes Caring Kim out of town.