Normal living dog.
Both recovered.
Did the man die first?
Did the dog die first?
did they die at more or less the same time?
Is the order of death unknown?
Was the man not buried at all?
Was he cremated?
Was put in an above-ground sepulcher?
Was the man some sort of leader of men?
King? Pharaoh? Tribal chief? Warlord? Viking chief?
Did this happen in modern times?
Was the man in the military?
Was the dog?
Did the man and the dog somehow end up on opposite sides of a conflict?
I apologize; I would like to re-state this puzzle. I don’t think it was adequate initially.
A man’s dog dies and he desires to purchase a cemetery lot for his dog. The cemetery, normally just for humans, agrees only if he will agree to be buried in the same grave once he dies. He agrees and unfortunately, he dies just a few days later. However, the cemetery does NOT bury him with his dog as had been the requirement and agreement. Why?
Edit: Feel free to ask anything again you desire. I think my answers were accurate, but the puzzle was poorly written.
Let’s get the morbid questions out of the way: did he kill himself? Did he eat the dog?
Is the man’s cause of death relevant?
Thanks and sorry again for the re-post. I think it looks better this time.
Was the man killed by his dog?
No. Their deaths being nearby was coincidental.
Did the man die committing a crime?
Was he executed for a crime, or otherwise die in prison, and interred in the prison grounds?
NO
NO to everything here
If someone had stated the actual circumstances to the man as a hypothetical (before he died), would he have agreed that the cemetery’s action was fair and reasonable?
Did the man’s human next of kin have any relevant say in the matter?
Was the condition of the gravesite (at the time of the man’s death) suitable for a human burial?
Did this happen in the 21st Century? The 20th? The 19th? Before the 19th?
20th.
Did the cemetery employee who made the same-grave deal with the man exceed his or her authority in doing so?
When the man was buried, was the dog’s body no longer there?
NO
NO, it was still there.
Was the man under some obligation to be buried somewhere else?
Nope.
Did it matter who the man was to be buried beside?