You need to check out the true story of Jim, the Wonder Dog, from Missouri. A fellow in Marshal, Missouri, (I think that was/is the town) discovered that his dog had remarkable abilities. The dog became world famous for the things he could do. When the dog died, permission to bury him in the local cemetery was denighed, so he was buried just outside the fence. Then, as the cemetery grew, his grave was soon encompassed within the cemetery. A fellow named Bob Dyer of Boonvile, Missouri, wrote and recorded a great song based on the story and called "Jim The Wonder Dog". A monument to the dog can be seen in the town today.