Ideas to keep a dog out of the water while duck hunting ?

[labsareus]

We usually hunt out of a boat but hunted a small pothole over the weekend and had trouble keeping the dog up and out of the water.

He did well to stay on land and come out when he heard shots (we disappointed him too often)Any ideas or tools that you have used ? My goals is to get something portable but sturdy.

Thanks for any help.

[Fish&Fowl]

I had thought about using some kind of lawn table (like those that come with a set of plastic lawn chairs). I haven't really looked, but if you could find a big enough one it would be cheap and lightweight. I plan on looking more this summer. Hopefully someone will have a better idea!

[LovenLifeGuy]

I bouught an avery Ruff stand last year. It works well! It's adjustable, but will not sit in more than 4ft of water. Dog seems to like it and likes being out of the water. I like it because I can put him a little further away from me so he can get a better look at falling birds. Folds up nice and is not to heavy.

I bought it last year on the internet and paid $150 for it but I see they are being sold at cabelas and the like for around $180.

It helps for late season cold water hunts

[2 DA GILLS]

Same here - Avery Ruff stand. Of course a fairly firm bottom is required to make it work, but still a very nice dog stand.

[labsareus]

Thanks for the good ideas. I checked out the stand and it could work for us. I might work over the summer on something that would be a bit more portable as we usually walk 1/2 plus miles in to the ponds we are talking about.