Gunston Jolly Rodgers

Gunston Jolly Rodgers, affectionately known as Pickles, is a famous celebrity dog who is owned by the Kapoor Family of Bangalore.
Narender Kapoor, Theja Kapoor, Dheeraj Kapoor and Sharad Kapoor are his owners.
He is a male German Wire Haired Pointer Dog, 27inches in height and 35 kilos in weight. He has a wonderful body and in fact, this has got him to be selected for many movies and TV Serials.
He has had 2 adventures of being Lost and Found. He has appeared in the Bangalore Mirror in Many Articles. []

1. His Kerela Adventures:
Being a very energetic and lively dog, the Kapoors decided to send him to a family friends's estate for a couple of months so that he could enjoy his energetic and perky days over there. The Estate was in the Kanjirapally Region of Kottayam, Kerela.
Being happy there, after about 6 months, the family wanted him back and so provisions and arrangements were made to send him back home. But, Alas! A week before, he went out of the estate and got lost. He strayed somewhere into the village and went about the estates of various people. All efforts were made to trace him, but in vain.
Then, after 2 months, after an agonizing wait, he had been found, identified and returned back to the estate. He was immeadiatly taken back home to Bangalore, after having enjoyed 8 months in the rural, hilly regions of Kerela. The Kapoor Family and him had a wonderful reunion.
And ever since, he has been in Bangalore and is enjoying his life there.

2. His Bangalore Adventure:
As a routine of being taken everyday for a romp in Cubbon Park, in Bangalore near Gunston's residence, he was taken out on 24th August 2008, Sunday Morning. Mr.Narender Kapoor, having taken him downstairs and ready to go, suddenly saw the dog charge out of the gate after a female dog which was on heat. He immeadiatly went after the dog, but Alas! He was nowhere to be found. Mr.Kapoor went round the neighbourhood 4 to 5 times before getting to the seriousity of the matter: THE DOG WAS LOST!.
For two weeks, efforts to trace the dog were in no way inferior to the way people try to trace lost family members. Police Complaints were put, Ads in the newspapers, Posters were put up all over Bangalore and rewards offered.
For two weeks, many a time, they were led to dogs that were not theirs and also many a time were led on hoax wild goose chases.
Finally, they caught hold of some of the Local Boys who claimed to have taken Pickles when they found him wandering. Charactersitics and Behaviour described by them about the dog convinced the Kapoors that they had the right people. But then, Where Was the Dog? Well, these people said that they were robbed of it, by two men and those people tried to sell the dog and a lot of things were told.
Then, being such a hot pursuit all around the neighbourhood, The Bangalore Mirror Newspaper Reporters came to the Kapoor residence, interviewed them and took a picture of the Poster on the Missing Dog. A day later, on Sunday, the 7th September, an article was out on the Page 4 of Bangalore Mirror.
Within minutes of that Edition of the Bangalore Mirror hitting the stands, a phone call from one Mr.Motilal was received. He claimed to know where the dog was and instructed them to come to a particulr place and see whether the dog was theirs.
The Kapoors gave it a try, and Behold!, in a factory off Mysore Road in a place called Nayandahalli, the dog was sitting tied up. The Reunion that took place thereafter was fabulous! The Celebrity dog was found again!! Mr.Motilal was offered Prize Money, but he refused saying he wants a job. The Kapoors have got him a job now, and he is well settled and happy.
Many people, including the Kapoors say that Gunston is blessed by the Heavens and that God loves him a lot. That is why, 2 times, the Miraculous finding of the Lost Dog has taken place.
Heaven forbid that the dog gets lost once again, but that is highly unlikely, becuase in a statemnt made by the Family in the next day's Bangalore Mirror Article "Baby is Back Home", the family promises to guard the dog very securely and to never let him get lost again.
It was a very agonizing wait, but after all that, BABY IS BACK HOME.
Read the Article in Bangalore Mirror after the dog's reunion with his family:
BABY IS BACK

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The Kapoors got it back after a Bangalore Mirror reader saw the report and contacted them; he wants no prize money, but a job

By Robert Naorem
Posted On Monday, September 08, 2008

Finally, the agonising wait for their ‘baby’ ended on Sunday morning. Since then, it has been all smiles for market research analyst Nannae Kapoor and his wife Theja.

Their pet dog Pickles, a 30-month-old German Wire Haired Pointer which went missing from near the Kapoors’ residence off Infantry Road on Aug 24, was traced to a factory on Mysore Road.

An ecstatic Kapoor said: “We thank Bangalore Mirror a million times. It is because of their wonderful coverage of the sad matter that led to the sequence of events which brought such a beautiful reunion in our family.”

Bangalore Mirror had on Sunday carried a report on how the Kapoors were dejected after their dog went missing while playing near their residence. Within hours after BM hit the stands, the dog was back with the Kapoors.

Here is how the reunion happened: The Kapoors were woken up around 7 am following a call from a woman who claimed to have seen their dog. What followed was high-drama. The elated couple rushed to Kammanahalli and met the woman,
who claimed to have seen the dog in KR Puram.

They took her to KR Puram, but were crestfallen when they realised that it was not Pickles.

While returning, they got another call from Fraser Town. They reached the place, but were dejected again. For, neither of the two dogs that the caller showed them was theirs. Sometime later, they got the third call.

The caller said: “I have seen a dog similar to what has appeared in Bangalore Mirror. Do you want to come and check?”

Though exhausted, the couple decided to give it another try. At Nayanadahalli off Mysore Road, they met the caller P Motilal, a 20-year-old youth who assists his father in running an electric shop. When Motilal took the Kapoor and Theja to a plastic recycling factory, they were thrilled to bits. Finally, it was their beloved Pickles.

On sighting the dog, Theja cried out: “It is my dog. I found him, found him!” The dog too wagged its tail hard when his masters neared him. On being untied, he jumped on the Kapoors and what followed was a family reunion to beat all reunions.

Kapoor shed tears of joy, overwhelmed that his precious little baby was back with him. “More than us, Pickles seemed excited. He started jumping all over the place. The spark in his eyes said it all,” said Kapoor. He also admitted that the family had given up all the hopes of finding the dog till Bangalore Mirror stepped in.

Now the family is happy, but also wary.”I am going to guard him closely now. We will not lose track of him” said Kapoor. Drawing up plans to celebrate, the Kapoors have decided to take the dog to canine restaurant to let him relish his favourite vanilla ice cream.

“As soon as he came back, he jumped on the refrigerator and had a delicious meal which was meant for him” said Theja. “Out family was really attached to him. So much that we did not even inform our son, who studies in residential school. Only when we got back the dog did we inform him about the entire incident” said Theja.

From Infantry Road to Mysore Road

The dog went missing when he was playing in front of the house. But how did he reach Mysore road? The owners suspect some dog thief did some hanky panky.”Someone might have stolen the dog. But since its an expensive breed, not everyone can afford to keep it. He is very expensive to maintain. So they left him roaming on the road” said Kapoor.

But Motilal, the youth who found the dog, has a different story to narrate. “I saw this unique breed of dog tied up at a godown near my shop in Nayandahalli last week. Probably because of its uniqueness, he was always in my mind. But when I read the article in the newspaper, I was immediately reminded of the dog. So I called up the owner and luckily it all went smooth,” he said. Perhaps the person who actually found the dog roaming on the road could not keep it for long. “My friend told me that the industrialist who found the dog could not meet his expenses, since he is a unique breed and a very big one. So he handed over the dog to another industrialist,” added Motilal, who is a dog lover himself. Since it was for the first time he saw such a big dog in his locality, it was not a difficult task for Motilal to recognise that it was the same dog.
The Kapoors do not want to speculate any more. “We are thankful to the people who kept our dog so safely.Though we least expected it, he was really taken care of” said Kapoor.

He wants a job

As promised in their poster, the Kapoors offered a cash reward to Motilal for his help. But he refused, saying that this was not a matter of money. “It’s their dog and I was just being helpful. Cash cannot replace human emotions” said Motilal. Instead, this matriculate, who works as an electrician at a shop, asked for a job.”He is an intelligent guy. I have said that surely if I get a better job for him, I would love to give him a chance” concluded Kapoor.

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Gunston is now famous all over Bangalore city. He is famous for the movies he starred in all around the World and so, Let us all Pray For Him.

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