This depends on the regulations of your state. As a rule, each dog must be registered within one month

1. after acquisition or birth
2. after a move to another city
3. if the dog is kept commercially, for example for breeding or as a guard dog

Your dog must be registered for tax purposes in your city or municipality.

Sure! Both registrations and re-registrations are possible for both of you via Meinenhundanmelden.

In principle, all dogs can be registered at Meinenhundanmelden. However, due to bureaucratic complexity, we unfortunately cannot apply for tax waivers or register “dangerous dogs” (“Listenhunde”).

Each federal state (except Lower Saxony) has drawn up lists on which so-called dangerous dogs are listed. In general, however, the following dogs are considered “dangerous dog breeds”:

• American Staffordshire Terrier
• American Pit Bull Terrier
• Bordeaux-Dogge
• Bullmastiff
• Bullterrier
• Dogo Argentino
• Fila Brasileiro
• Mastiff
• Mastín Español
• Mastino Napoletano
• Staffordshire Bullterrier
• Tosa Inu
• Pit Bull

However, to be on the safe side, before you register with us, we ask you to double check that your dog’s breed is listed in your state.

As mentioned, unfortunately, we can not yet register these dog breeds at Meinenhundanmelden due to the more complex application process.

This varies from state to state and city to city. However, an exemption or reduction may be possible for the following dogs:

• Dogs from an animal shelter or similar institution (in Berlin, for example, a dog tax exemption of one year applies if a dog is acquired before 31.12.2021 – if acquired after this date, the dog is even exempt from dog tax for five years)
• Dogs used exclusively for the protection and assistance of blind, deaf or otherwise needy persons
• Dogs that are in training to be ambulance, rescue or guide dogs for the blind.
• Dogs used for hunting
• Dogs, which can be proven to have been directly acquired by the dog owner himself from an organization active in the field of animal welfare
• Dogs that have passed the test for ambulance or rescue dogs and are available for the protection of civilians
• There are some exceptions for social welfare recipients (in Berlin, for example, you can receive a dog tax exemption if you receive unemployment benefit II, social welfare benefit or benefits for education and participation, assistance for subsistence, basic security in old age and reduced earning capacity, benefits under the Asylum Seekers’ Benefits Act or pensions due to old age, reduced earning capacity or death).

As mentioned, we at Meinenhundanmelden unfortunately cannot yet register dog owners with a dog tax exemption due to the more complex application process.

When traveling abroad within the EU, the chip obligation generally applies! In Germany, however, this is regulated differently from state to state. In some federal states, for example, only dangerous dog breeds are subject to registration, while other federal states make the chip obligation dependent on size and weight.

Below you can see how this is regulated in your state:

• Baden-Württemberg: Chip obligation for dangerously classified dogs (“Listenhunde”)
• Bavaria: A tattoo for your dog is sufficient, a general chip obligation does not exist in Bavaria
• Berlin: Chip obligation for all dogs
• Brandenburg: Chip obligation for all dogs from a weight of 20 kilos or a height of 40 cm – dangerous dogs (“Listenhunde”) must be chipped in general
• Bremen: Chip obligation for dangerously classified dogs (“Listenhunde”)
• Hamburg: From the third month of life of the dog is a chip obligation
• Hessen: Chip obligation for dangerously classified dogs (“Listenhunde”)
• Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania: Chip obligation for dangerously classified dogs (“Listenhunde”)
• Lower Saxony: Chip obligation for all dogs older than six months
• North Rhine-Westphalia: Chip obligation for all dangerous dogs (“Listenhunde”), which are older than three months
• Rhineland-Palatinate: Chip obligation for dogs classified as dangerous (“Listenhunde”)
• Saarland: Chip obligation for dangerously classified dogs (“Listenhunde”)
• Saxony: No chip or identification obligation
• Saxony-Anhalt: Chip obligation for all dogs older than six months and for dogs classified dangerous (“Listenhunde”)
• Schleswig-Holstein: Chip obligation for all dogs, which are older than three months
• Thuringia: Chip obligation for all dogs