German man charged with teaching dog Hitler salute!

Ananova ^ | 11:18 Tuesday 14th October 2003 | Carol Ruff

[ConservativeMan55]

German man charged with teaching dog Hitler salute

A German man is to appear in court charged with teaching his dog to give the Hitler salute.

The black sheepdog-mix, named Adolf, has been taught to lift his right front paw up straight in the salute on command.

Police were called to the scene in Berlin when Roland T, 54, shouted at passers-by last year.

When a patrol arrived, he allegedly showed them the trick he had taught his dog, gave the salute along with Adolf, and shouted: "Sieg Heil."

Now he has been charged with using symbols of unconstitutional organisations. If found guilty, he faces up to three years in prison.

Adolf will probably be brought to a pet shelter, the Berliner Kurier reports.

Carola Ruff, of the local animal protection organisation, says the dog shouldn't be judged for what its owner taught it.

"It makes me sick to think someone's using his dog as an instrument of his deranged brain," she told the paper.

Story filed: 11:18 Tuesday 14th October 2003

[ConservativeMan55]

"Just Damn"

[ConservativeMan55]

I will be there as well. I'll be setting up a booth and selling cold beer.

[aristeides]

Proof that Germany is not a free country. I wonder what these authorities find so objectionable about Nazi Germany. It does not seem to be that it was not free.

[aristeides]

Proof that Germany is not a free country. I wonder what these authorities find so objectionable about Nazi Germany. It does not seem to be that it was not free.

[mhking]

Just damn.

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[ffusco]

It's a Roman salute, not a Nazi one! Right fist to heart, extend hand, plam down.

It was even used in this country up till the 30's. It is the oldest documented form of salute.

[Snuffington]

Aww lay off the guy. It was WAY easier than teaching him to goose-step.

[MrConfettiMan]

"Seig...yawn...Oh, hell. I'm going back to sleep."

[JonathansMommie]

What a cute Dog.

[ConservativeMan55]

LOL!

[Modernman]

These people should really try to focus their energy in a more productive direction.

I think it's best if we discourage the Germans from focusing on anything other than trivial things.

[ffusco]

Adolf's to do list:

1) Sleep on couch
2) Chase the mailman
3) Finish reading "Mein Kampf"
4) Trample the weak
5) Invade Poland

[ffusco]

Ja, Ve Germans are not all just smiles and sunshine!-From the Simpson's

[Kozak]

Carola Ruff, of the local animal protection organisation, says the dog shouldn't be judged for what its owner taught it.

"It makes me sick to think someone's using his dog as an instrument of his deranged brain," she told the paper.

.. as she left to attend a "Jewish Zionists out of Palestine Rally" wearing her " I love Yasser and the PLO" T shirt.

[MrConfettiMan]

Thanks. That's our black lab mix we adopted from a shelter. Her name is Magpie Moose the Magnificent. We call her Maggie for short. However, when she's attending her K-9 Hitler Youth Puppy meetings she's known as Black Death.

[gcruse]

LOL Very good.

[Pagey]

The black sheepdog-mix, named Adolf, has been taught to lift his right front paw up straight in the salute on command. When a patrol arrived, he allegedly showed them the trick he had taught his dog, gave the salute along with Adolf, and shouted: "Sieg Heil."

That is so jaded---That being said,I just burst out laughing in my office, (nearly uncontrollably imagining the freak scene) praying there would be a picture, so I could justify this hearty laughter. Darn!

[prairiebreeze]

I think the racial reference in this piece is just disgusting! They couldn't just say a sheepdog mix, Noooooo! They had to pour salt into the wound and portray him as a black sheepdog!

Does Germany have the equivalent of a canine ACLU? Paging Jesse Jackson, paging Jesse Jackson! Paging PETA lawyers!!

Prairie

[SpyGuy]

Now he has been charged with using symbols of unconstitutional organisations. If found guilty, he faces up to three years in prison.

And yet, when the German Justice Minister, Herta Daeubler-Gmelin, compared President Bush to Hitler in a political speech to the German press, she was only forced to resign her position (and that only after a period of extreme US outrage). No threat of jail time for her.

Isn't a political speech, especially one by a high-ranking government official, a more powerful "symbol" than a private citizen's dog raising its paw?

[Revolting cat!]

Adolf.