Netflix’s new Tiger King is a multimillionaire dog

It has been a wild ride ever since Tiger King,Netflix began exploring the bizarre world of documentaries in 2020 with mixed results. Tiger King 2After all, he was just a miser. Finally, Joe Exotic might find a compelling story. Funnily enough, this time it’s about a dog named Gunther, who just happens to be a multimillionaire.

This trailer begins innocently. The trailer has a dog. He was left an $80 million estate by his late owner, German Countess Karlotta Leibenstein — just like in Disney’s The Aristocats. Gunther has an extravagant lifestyle, with yachts and mansions as well as the best kibble money. That’s weird, sure, but pretty tame all things considered.

And then comes the revelation that the people managing Gunther wanted to give the dog “the best lifestyle possible,” which evidently meant having a group of attractive, young rising pop stars living in a mansion with him 24/7. Not only were they rooming with a dog, they had to follow a series of “commandments,” and were encouraged to have sex with others in the mansion. You could also monitor them all the time. Love IslandOr Big Brother. They were also being investigated?

The trailer points at the cult-like nature of this social dynamic, and raises other questions about the legitimacy of Gunther’s wealth. The trailer also glosses over this startling line about “engineering a new breed of man.” What the hell?

From there, it’s a rapid-fire compilation of people dodging questions and saying increasingly suspicious statements — ending with the big revelation that the dogs are cloned! That explains why one German shepherd lived three decades. Even though that was a pleasant surprise, many questions remain about the dog-empire.

Gunther’s Millions Premieres on Netflix February 1.