'In Dog We Trust' rug to be auctioned for animal group
By TAMARA LUSH

LARGO, Fla. (AP) — Is "In Dog We Trust" your motto?

If so, a sheriff's office in Florida has a rug for you. The Pinellas County sheriff's office said Thursday it will auction off a rug that had "In Dog We Trust" on it instead of "In God We Trust."

The forest green rug with the sheriff's gold badge was in the entrance area for a couple of months when the error was discovered Wednesday by a deputy.

Proceeds from the auction will go to Canine Estates, a local animal rescue organization.

Pinellas Sheriff Bob Gualtieri says he wanted to put the rug on the auction block because the story garnered so much attention.

The rug was initially valued at $500.

Bidding had already far surpassed that. The auction closes Wednesday.


-- (c) Associated Press 2015-01-16

I've known dyslexics to tell a joke on themselves using that phrase. I wonder if it was intentional or accidental?

It sounds like the money will go to a good cause.

The forest green rug with the sheriff's gold badge was in the entrance area for a couple of months when the error was discovered Wednesday by a deputy.

So a road toad discovered it after only two months?

I mean, it's only four words ….

Maybe the detective squad needs to be disbanded.

Looks like some chinese made factory grade 2 surplus found it's way to the U.S. market instead of ending at a shop in Thailand where nobody would care what is written on it . . . . .

The forest green rug with the sheriff's gold badge was in the entrance area for a couple of months when the error was discovered Wednesday by a deputy.

So a road toad discovered it after only two months?

I mean, it's only four words ….

Maybe the detective squad needs to be disbanded.

"The forest green rug with the sheriff's gold badge was in the entrance area for a couple of months when the error was discovered Wednesday by a deputy."

Can you imagine the pages of bashing if something along these lines happened in a Thai police office?

Maybe this deputy needs to come "assist" in the investigation of the Koh Tao murders. He couldn't be any more useless than the Keystone Kop clowns sent out from UK in a PR stunt that was just an exercise in futility. Stupid knows no international borders.

Did they mean "Dog The Bounty Hunter"?

Give the History of Abrahamic God religion Perhaps it was not a Typo

I like it.

Better a Sheriff trust a dog, than an invisible friend!

A dog could actually protect you!

They can not get a three letter word right...

Brilliant! Unfortunately 'Only in America' doesn't quite have the same ring to it as you know what.

Thai-bashing happens all over south-east Asia. America-bashing happens all over the world. But in America, Florida-bashing has been the national sport for decades.

They can not get a three letter word right...

I reckon 'they' got it right--maybe it's just you who doesn't "get" it

It would be quite appropriate if it were in the K9 unit.