A woman was told to show a driving licence for a dog to prove she owns his Facebook account.

A dog

A dog

Emily Doucet set up the social media profile for her pet back in 2010 and recently attempted to update the account to change the dog's surname after she got married.

However, Emily was unable to remember the login details for the account and was locked out by Facebook.

Emily was then told that to access the profile, she would have to verify Max's identity with government ID or a driving licence.

Emily, 33, joked on Twitter: ''I'm locked out of my dog's Facebook account that I created in 2010 and they won't let me back in unless I send over a copy of his driver's licence.

''I have no choice but to teach him how to drive.''