Dog-training Nazi escapes prison

A Berlin man who taught his dog the stiff-arm Nazi salute was given a 13 month suspended sentence today for shouting Sieg Heil in public and wearing a T-shirt bearing a picture of Adolf Hitler.

The 54-year-old man, who was only identified as Ronald T, was convicted of displaying Nazi symbols and insulting a policeman.

Police had stopped the man after he was heard shouting the Nazi slogan.

While the police watched, the man also commanded his dog, named Adolf, to raise its right paw upon the command “Do the salute.”

Authorities initially pressed charges for training the dog to perform the salute, but they were later dropped.

Displaying Nazi symbols in public is a crime in Germany under laws meant to prevent any recurrence of Nazism.