The truth is that every time I get up close and personal with a Maltese dog, there is something about their presence that fascinates me.
Her elegance, that aristocratic bearing, those deep dark eyes and snow white hair, always so long and silky.
In short, 25 centimeters of style and class.
Therefore, dear animal-loving friends, today I bring you the story of Trouble, a very lucky Maltese dog who came to inherit a whopping twelve million dollars from her inseparable Leona Helmsley, a very powerful American hotelier, nicknamed “the queen of evil”, due to her reputation for having an insufferable character.
It came to light that the adorable little creature, weighing just two kilos, ended up receiving a much larger inheritance than the one that fell to Helmsley’s grandchildren.
As it could not be otherwise, when the will of the deceased millionaire was opened, the Maltese protagonist of this delirious, absolutely true story, began to receive forceful death threats, so that the dog had to be transported on a private jet ( as it could not be any other way) to a luxury hotel in Florida, with a private security team that was at the foot of the canyon twenty-four hours a day (Monday to Sunday, holidays included).
However, after a certain time, a New York judge decided to withdraw up to ten of her twelve million dollars from Trouble, to distribute them among the hotel magnate’s poor grandchildren.
The magistrate came to the conclusion that the rich old woman was no longer of sound mind when she wrote her certainly crazy will.
We know that the white Maltese was transferred to the luxury hotel in Florida under a false name, a wise decision, after receiving more than twenty threats.
John Codey, a faithful executor who scrupulously controlled the dog’s inheritance, even declared before the CBS television cameras that the cost of the Maltese’s security, her medical insurance, meals and accommodation, amounted to more than of 300,000 dollars annually.
According to some studies by the famous English naturalist Charles Darwin, we know that the scientist traced the origins of Maltese back to 6000 BC.
This is the family of bichon dogs originating from the Mediterranean basin. And, specifically, today we know that Publius, governor of Malta in the 1st century AD, had a Maltese dog.
History gives us clear examples of the appreciation of Maltese dogs by royalty and aristocracy.
They appear as a favorite company in various portraits of Queen Elizabeth I of England, and there is even a belief that Queen Mary of Scotland had a Maltese hidden under her dress when she was beheaded.
The hotel magnate determined in her last and posthumous wishes that when Trouble died, he would be buried next to her, in his own mausoleum.
Apparently, in Leona Helmsley’s detailed will, the eccentric millionaire listed what the precise instructions had to be regarding the scrupulous care of her inseparable dog.
Just as Trouble ate daily while Leona was alive, the Maltese had to continue eating free-range chicken, premium carrots, select spinach and fresh fish, all prepared by a prestigious chef and always served on luxurious tableware. porcelain and silver pieces.
The aristocratic Trouble died at the age of twelve, which is roughly equivalent to 84 human years, meaning she enjoyed a long dog-like existence.
And, much more often than we believe, life offers us fantastic examples of fine irony, vital learnings that invite us to pick up paper and pencil and take notes…
A dog that, in other circumstances, would have lived peacefully and happily, in this surreal and excessive story, ended up being involved in endless conflicts, tensions and difficulties.
That omen of turbulent times was written in his own name.
Trouble (problema).
