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German man charged with teaching dog Hitler salute!

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

Posted on by 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



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To: ConservativeMan55

In the realm of canine communication, a Nazi salute is a real step upward when you consider the fact that until this moment, the dog had been limited to butt sniffing as the primary means of having some dialogue. Lighten up Heir Francis.......



by 2 posted onby blackdog ("This is everybody's fault but mine")

To: ConservativeMan55

I wonder what tricks X42's dog knows?



To: ConservativeMan55

Carola Ruff? ;^)



To: ConservativeMan55

was this the same guy who trained that monkey in "Raiders of the Lost Ark?"



by 5 posted onby KantianBurke (Don't Tread on Me)

To: LurkedLongEnough

He's got the play dead trick down pat.



To: ConservativeMan55

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



I aways get a kick out of the German's over-compensation as they try to distance themselves from their own history. I wonder if the "Hammer & Sickle" or extreme socialism is unconstitutional in Germany considering it killed more people and has practiclly turned their country into a tyrannical state.



To: ConservativeMan55; mhking

Just woof.



To: ConservativeMan55

Carola Ruff , of the local animal protection organisation... Ruff? Woof!



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To: ConservativeMan55

Oktober has that effect on some people. OTOH, had he performed this trick in Germany 60 years ago, he would probably have been shot - and his doggie too.



To: ConservativeMan55

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



Naming your dog Adolph and teaching him the Nazi salute is not exactly honoring Hitler and his minions, Carola! Sounds like your spring is wound a little too tight!





by 12 posted onby SwinneySwitch (Liberalism is a Sin!)

To: ConservativeMan55

I thought that dog already knew how to do the Nazi salute!?



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To: ConservativeMan55

Almost as heretical as the guy who trained his dog to say "Joe DiMaggio" instead of "Ruth"



To: blackdog

Incredible! There is really a law against teaching your dog the Nazi salute? Man, these people have PC worse than we do.



To: blackdog

In the realm of canine communication, a Nazi salute is a real step upward when you consider the fact that until this moment, the dog had been limited to butt sniffing as the primary means of having some dialogue. ROFL



by 17 posted onby yonif ("If I Forget Thee, O Jerusalem, Let My Right Hand Wither" - Psalms 137:5)

To: yonif

Why stop with just "three" years? Why not go for six? Or ten? (/sarcasm)



To: ConservativeMan55

If he could teach it to goosestep, then I'd be impressed.



To: Warren

My dog has been training me to piss on Ted Kennedy's final resting place. He's granted me a waiver on the one leg lift posture. A bi-ped urinating slouch is sufficient. My dog tells me that Ted is down to less than one year(dog years) so I figure he'll have me in top shape real soon. When I asked my dog, "If you can't read, how will you know Ted'g grave?" His response was simple.......He sniffed my butt, fetched a life preserver, insisted on driving, poured out a bottle of Glenfiditch for both of us and then drank mine too, took a dump in my docksider boat shoes, sent out an invitation to Christopher Dodd for a meal at a diner(something about humping, a waitress, and a sandwich), and he wags his tail at every windmill he sees. I figure he knows Ted well enough to scent his dirt nap.



by 20 posted onby blackdog ("This is everybody's fault but mine")

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