A canine proprietor has claimed her pooches are so enormous and furry that individuals cease her on the street – to ask if they’re bears.
Newfoundland terriers Leo and Teddy weigh 70 and 75 kilos (11 and 11.8 st), which is similar to the common British lady.
Although the dogs are taller than their proprietor, Sanela Becovic, 44, who stands at 175cm (5.6ft) tall, they’re each mild giants.
The librarian purchased Teddy, six, from a breeder at 10 weeks old, and Leo, 4, at eight weeks old. They cost Euro 1,300 (£1,138) and Euro 1,800 (£1,576) respectively.
The big pooches have earned themselves celeb standing in Laholm, Sweden, the place they reside with Sanela.
Sanela is steadily stopped by passersby when she’s walking the dogs, and everybody within the city is aware of them by identify.
‘We reside in a small metropolis and everybody right here is aware of them, however we nonetheless get stopped by folks,’ she defined.
‘It’s exhausting to get locations as a result of persons are all the time stopping us to speak and pet the dogs.’
They could also be mild giants, however they nonetheless typically give passersby a fright when walking about Laholm.
‘People inform us they appear to be bears, they ask us “what’s that, is it a bear”?,’ Sanela mentioned.
In truth, one of many causes Sanela purchased Teddy was due to his resemblance to a bear.
The librarian was frightened of dogs earlier than having Teddy, however wished an enormous fluffy bear to cuddle, and this was as shut as she might get.
She mentioned: ‘I used to be deathly afraid of dogs, however I used to be going by way of a tough time and all the time wished an enormous bear to cuddle.
‘It’s exhausting to elucidate however I wished one, and Newfoundlands are mild, cuddly and have plenty of hair – he was excellent.’
The massive dogs are fairly spoiled by Sanela and her husband, Thomas Petterson, 50 – they get something they need.
The couple bought a brand new automobile so they might match the dogs into the boot, which set them again Euro 130,000 (£113,897).
They even took the time and added a ramp that may make their dogs’ journeys extra comfy by serving to them climb in.
‘It’s mainly a minibus that we made into Teddy and Leo’s particular automobile, we purchased a particular mattress and took the seats out,’ Sanela defined.
The automobile wasn’t the one lodging they made. Shortly after Leo’s addition, the couple rented a brand new flat for the pooches.
Their old flat was too small so that they selected one other that cost them Euro 400 (£350) extra monthly and included one other bed room.
‘It was price it, I’m planning on turning the additional bed room into Teddy and Leo’s room,’ the 44-year-old defined.
However, Sanela is cautious of individuals pondering retaining a Newfoundland terrier is as costly as she has made it.
‘You need not put this a lot money into them, I haven’t got youngsters so they’re my youngsters,’ she mentioned.
‘I’m obsessive about them and I spend way more money on them than regular folks do.’
