Use a full size cement block to pin the board up across the doorway... I say full size (the 8"x8"x16") because it will provide plenty of weight to avoid the board moving and is high enough that the chicks won't use it as a step (yet, though they will soon) if you use it on the inside of the door. You are probably better off placing the board across the outside of the door anyway.
What breed ofmdog is Mindy? What a cutie <3We have a permanent site at a campground, we used to tent camp in the area when we went up on fishing trips, now set up a much more complete camp as a 'home base' for the fishing trips. We have tent camped Kinzua, and also have a more primitive family camp/property in the 'hills' of lower Elk County near Medix Run. The Warren/Allegheny forest area is beautiful! Thanks for the pup comment, and yep, all of our dogs wear life jackets when out on the boat. We take off the big dogs' life jackets if we are trolling or anchored to fish and the lake is calm, but if it is choppy or we are traveling at any speed the jackets are back on. The pup will wear his all the time till he is more experienced out on the boat. His first trip out was this past weekend and he seemed to love it, which was great!Dillon got some conversation time in while we idled out through the harbor...
and some nap time in while we were trolling out on the big lake...
and some chilling time with the experienced sailor bud, Mindy....
Another option is taking some scrap wood (like firring strips.... 1/2" x2" or so) and make a frame and cover it with 1" chicken wire.... it will be light enough that you could pound a couple of nails into the wood on either side of the door, use a pair of pliers to put a 45 degree to 90 degree bend up on them and just hang the frame over the nails like a picture frame sort of thing. With your pliers you can spin the nail a bit to help 'lock' the frame from falling off.
Mindy and Dillon are both full blooded English Shepherds (sometimes also called the Old Fashioned Farm Collie)
