As for the ghost dog, is this the one reputed to have turned up for the unveiling ceremony for the Woodhall Spa memorial? I suppose one cannot tell with ghost dogs.
One of the local pubs has a ghost dog - it died after having its tail severed in an accident with the heavy pub door. The dog was buried but without its tail which was kept behind the bar as a grizzly souvenir for the visitors. Then, at midnight on the anniversary of the dogs death, an apparition appeared before the pub landlord who was locking up:
"Give me back my tail," said the Ghost, " I can't go to doggy heaven until I am whole again".
"Sorry," said the Landlord. "I'm not allowed to re-tail spirits after eleven o'clock"!