At work now, but I think I've read something about bugs in this quest. If I remember correctly you should avoid the bug by getting that sword before you go to the shrine. Not 100% sure though.
Anyway that was what I did, although I didn't know it was part of a quest at the time, and didn't know about bugs. There were alos no dogs involved. I simply approached the shrine, talked to it and the quest was triggered and finished within seconds.
Btw. the sword is better than the mask, imho, but if you don't complete the quest you'll be unable to do a very interesting quest later...
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Do not take me for a conjurer of cheap tricks!
Gandalf
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