coco bean- you arent using poison are you?? I hope not because even if you believe your dogs cant get to the poison, if you dogs had bite the mouse or eaten the mouse- they would get the poison too.. Also- using poison- the mice go back home in the walls and die- and the odor is over whelming!
When I lived in an apartment and I had mice- first I got steel wool- wrapped them around bathroom, and kitchen pipes like blocking the holes where they come in. At the water heater- where that pipe came out of the wall- packed that one off as well.
I hate snap traps but its necessary. We also have used sticky traps. I know you see a " fuzzy little animal" but you have to remember- wild mice easily can carry lepto, mites, and fleas. These are not someones well cared for " pets".. Only time I ever had fleas on my dogs in my life was when I had mice at that place.. Put it that way...
I am sorry it upset you so. However- as we see it- if we have taken the precautions we know so they came in, its not worth the risk to our health and the dogs..