How to teach a dog to load up

I've got a dumb slow maturing yellow dog who ain't as athletic as the rest of mine, and he wouldn't load up for the longest time. I chained him to the truck every night for a week and he still wouldn't do it so I went one step further.

I parked the truck in calf deeper water. That way he had nowhere to sleep until he learned to hop in the bed. Guess what, he was in the bed when I left for work the next morning. Sometimes all it takes is natural motivation. Ain't gotta always whoop em into doing things your way.

Then I've got another yella dog who is smarter than me and she knows it. She won't load at home when it's time to hunt sometimes. I got tired of her attitude one day after saying load up for half an hour so I slammed the tailgate shut, skinned her butt with a coach whip a few times and told her to load up. She jumped over the bed sides and sat down at her corner chain.

Different options for different dogs is what makes life interesting.