What’s Next for Gunther, the World’s Richest Dogs? Offering to ‘Engage Nicolas Cage’s Island’

Gunther, the German shepherd field of Netflix’s Gunther’s Thousands and thousands, is seeking so that you would possibly perchance add to his precise estate sources, which once incorporated Madonna’s frail Miami dwelling, the dog’s caretaker tells PEOPLE

Published on March 16, 2023 01:37 PM

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Gunther the German shepherd is oldschool to environment up headlines; it comes with the territory of being the sphere’s wealthiest dog.

The canines obtained his fortunes from the dreary German Countess Karlotta Leibenstein, who died in 1992 and willed her total fortune to her liked German shepherd — at that time, Gunther III.

The trust established for Gunther from the thousands and thousands left unhurried by Leibenstein goes in the direction of persevering with Gunther’s bloodline and extravagantly caring for the total canines in it. The most fresh beneficiary of the trust, reportedly now worth over $400 million, is Gunther VI.

The wonderful licensed anecdote unhurried Gunther’s wealth and the unbelievable standard of living it has created for the dog modified into recently documented within the Netflix sequence Gunther’s Thousands and thousands.

“Now we bask in obtained so many reactions it’s far somewhat overwhelming. But overall, most other folks couldn’t judge how many twists and turns there are within the sequence,” Maurizio Mian, Gunther’s caretaker, featured prominently in Gunther’s Thousands and thousands, tells PEOPLE of the reactions to the relate.

“The filmmakers at Nobo Productions bask in performed a broad job at placing these previous 30 years into a four-part sequence, and or no longer it’s far no longer a straightforward task! I also can say my favourite response is when other folks search data from me if they’ll recall their female dog on a date with Gunther!” he adds.

Fraction of that history involves Gunther’s foray into pop tune, which involved forming Gunther’s Neighborhood and releasing the tune “Wild Dogs.”

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“Wild Dogs is surely one of my favourite recollections. We wanted Gunther to modified into a pop star, to say (largely bark), to make an album,” Mian says.

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Yet every other surely one of Gunther’s head-turning adventures documented in Gunther’s Thousands and thousands is the pooch’s bewitch of Madonna’s frail Miami mansion, which the dog’s trust offered in 2022. However the German shepherd is no longer performed exploring the sphere of celeb precise estate. Mian tells PEOPLE the dog now has a brand original fraction of favorite property in thoughts.

“Gunther made an provide to bewitch Nicolas Cage’s island, which is found within the Exumas, basically the most prestigious part of the Bahamas. Gunther has had his eyes (or paws) on the island for reasonably a whereas now,” Mian says of the property, which Cage reportedly bought in 2006.

Gunther’s caretaker adds that the island would reduction provider the dog’s growing industry objectives, which encompass constructing an animal sanctuary and supporting animal welfare initiatives.

To be taught more about Gunther and his riches, look Gunther’s Thousands and thousands, now streaming on Netflix.