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<< Tried to entice him with other things, none of which even remotely interested him, he growled at me any time I even came close.>>
 
Doing a trade for good counter-cruise booty is an art form that requires these elements:
 
1. The item to be traded for the booty MUST be far and away better than the booty. It you're going to trade for cheese, you might offer steak, unless your hound is over the top about cheese (if said hound likes cheese more than anything in the world, this will not work). Anything less than a far-better offer will get you bitten, if you don't pay attention to the basset's refusal and immediately cease and desist.

2. The human who is reclaiming property MUST be very quick. You're only going to have a second or two to grab the booty. If you fail to grab it immediately, the hound gets both booty and the trade food.

3. Some dogs simply will not do a trade, ever. The human will never win in this situation. You may try it once or twice, but eventually, even if you properly use steps #1 and #2, you will have to give up. 

4. Dogs who do the trade may occasionally refuse to trade, probably because the human has ignored or improperly performed step #1.

Our Belvedere does trades very nicely, which is good, since he still has traces of long-ago developed food aggression. Jane wil never, ever, properly do a trade. She ends up with both booty and the trade food. 

Which kind of dog you have is up to you to discover. Just do it very carefully. Dog bites can be dangerous. If you do get one, flood the area with water for as long as you can stand it or until you are sure it's fully clean. Hey, using soap might not be a bad idea either, but the infectious disease doc who saw me in the hospital gave the water advice. I spent a few days in said hospital after Abner nailed my foot. Hand bites aren't as bad as foot bites, but if you can avoid the hospital, you want to, take my word for it. I might have avoided that stay if I'd been able to flood the foot with water.
Pam, food slave to the Dashing Bassets