Dogs in Germany must pay a dog tax! Spanish Water Dog? It's really too much like a sheep, and this dude is also a strange character, who treats dogs as sheep in order to evade taxes and evade taxes.
The following story happened! I wouldn't have believed it without the German police report.
A man in Rostock, northeast East Germany, must pay a fine and may face a tax evasion lawsuit after he claimed that his Spanish water dog was actually a sheep to avoid paying mandatory taxes. In Germany, dog owners must pay a "dog tax" – which ranges from $24 to $100 ($25 to $107) – and equip their pets with a special label confirming the permit they paid. This doesn't apply to pet sheep (remember, it's important).
The man was found walking his dog in the Rostock port area, by port security guards. Paying taxes in Germany was obviously a big deal, as he confronted the shopkeeper after noticing that the animals did not have a label confirming that the dog tax had been paid. To his surprise, the man seemed shocked by the question, replying that his pet was not a dog, but a sheep. At first, the port staff thought it was a joke, but the man stuck to the original answer, so he had no choice but to ask for the man's ID and notify the police.
The next day, the 35-year-old owner of the nameless "sheep" received a visit from the police asking to see the animals. They also believed it was a dog, but the owner insisted it was actually a sheep and even showed a pet passport, confirming his request. How he managed to get a dog's sheep passport remains a mystery, but seemingly legitimate document management came to confuse the police, and the only way he decided to go to the bottom was to call an expert. A veterinarian was asked to examine the animals, and he officially confirmed that the "sheep" were Spanish water dogs. Dog owners have been fined for failing to pay dog taxes and may now face tax evasion lawsuits.
