The Dog Who Inherited Millions From His Owner… You Won’t Believe How He Lives Today
Gunther being served by his personal chef
And even we fell for the spiel… very briefly.
In our 1998 book, we had a whole section dedicated to canine finances.
Underneath the record title richest dog, we stated in our book: “German shepherd ‘Gunther’ was left $65 million (£40 million) by his owner, German Countess Carlotta Liebenstein, and became, probably, the richest dog in the world in the 1990s.
“’Gunther’ lives in Tuscany, Italy, and enjoys taking trips round the Tuscan countryside in his chauffeur-driven convertible BMW, despite being fined when police caught him sitting on the front seat while the car was moving during the filming of a documentary for the German television channel ZDF.
“His hobbies include swimming in Livorno’s Bastia pool, of which he is honorary chairman. He also became the chairman of a football club after receiving begging letters from cash-strapped clubs.”
richest dog in our 1998 book
Pretty wild, right? And the whole world was hoodwinked by Gunther’s story at the time.
It seems we sniffed out the truth quite quickly though and didn’t feature Gunther’s story again.
In fact, richest dog is a record we’ve since stopped monitoring.
A spokesperson for Guinness World Records told the press in 1999 that there was not enough evidence to support claims of Gunther’s wealth and that he did not have the record title.
So, what really happened? And how did Gunther raise to such notoriety?
