Trouble became the world's second richest dog when his owner Leona Helmsley died. In her will she had disinherited two of her four grandchildren who she felt did not visit their father's grave and left her Maltese $12,000,000. Since it only cost about $1200 a year to feed him, Trouble's expenses included money for his caregiver, security and a vet. The grandchildren contested the will; the bequest was lowered to $2 million making him still quite wealthy. He lived well but 4 years later died of old age in 2011.