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The dog behind Tito’s Handmade Vodka

Open a copy of United Airlines’ flight magazine and there will be a full page ad of a man and his dog.  The ad is for Tito’s Handmade Vodka, a vodka made in Texas.   The man is Tito, and the dog is resident distillery dog, Roscoe.

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United is now serving Tito’s vodka, which is huge exposure for a company with humble beginnings.  The company also has a long association with animal rescue.

Over 30 homeless dogs and cats that have passed though the distillery grounds and all have been brought to good health and absorbed by Tito’s employees or their extended family.  The company also sponsors Emancipet‘s low-cost spay/neuter programs through events like its annual fundraising luncheon.

Roscoe was a rescue dog, too.  After claiming that Roscoe winked at him, Tito had a yard fenced and a house built for him.  He is now the ‘poster dog’ for the brand.

Suryia and Roscoe – a special friendship

This story came to me a few weeks ago via a friend’s email.  So I did a bit of digging to get the full story.

Suryia is an Orangutan and Roscoe is a a Blue Tick Hound.  They live together at The Institute of Greatly Endangered and Rare Species (TIGERS) in South Carolina, where they met in 2008 when a thin Roscoe followed caregivers back to the reserve.

The two became fast friends and now have a book about their story.

When you purchase it from their website, proceeds go to support wild orangutan conservation in Borneo.

Ordinarily, dogs and primates don’t mix but this pair proves an exception to that rule!

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