This woman's dogs are so big and hairy people stop her in the street - to ask if they are bears. <br /><br />Newfoundland terriers Leo and Teddy weigh 70 and 75 kilos (11 and 11.8st), around the same as the average British woman. <br /><br />Both of the dogs are taller than their owner, Sanela Becovic, 44, who is 175cm (5.6ft) tall but both are gentle giants.<br /><br />Sanela bought Teddy, six, from a breeder at ten weeks old, and Leo, four, at eight weeks old. <br /><br />The dogs were expensive and cost €1,300 (£1,138) for Teddy and €1,800 (£1,576) for Leo. <br /><br />The giant pooches have earned themselves celebrity status in Laholm, Sweden, where they live with Sanela. <br /><br />They often get Sanela, a librarian, stopped when she's walking them, and everyone in town knows them by name. <br /><br />Sanela said: "We live in a small city and everyone here knows them, but we still get stopped by people.<br /><br />"It's hard to get places because people are always stopping us to talk and pet the dogs."<br /><br />They may be gentle giants, but they still often give passers-by a fright when walking about Laholm. <br /><br />Sanela explained: "People tell us they look like bears, they ask us 'what is that, is it a bear'?"<br /><br />In fact, the dogs look so much like bears that Sanela bought Teddy originally because he looks like a bear. <br /><br />She was scared of dogs before having Teddy but wanted a huge, fluffy bear to cuddle, and this was as close as she could get. <br /><br />She said: "I was deathly afraid of dogs, but I was going through a hard time and always wanted a big bear to cuddle. <br /><br />"It's hard to explain but I wanted one, and Newfoundlands are gentle, cuddly and have lots of hair, he was perfect."<br /><br />The big dogs are quite spoiled by Sanela and her husband, Thomas Petterson, 50, and they get anything they want. <br /><br />They bought a new car to fit the dogs into the boot, which set them back €130,000 (£113,897).<br /><br />They even took the time and added a ramp that would make their dogs' trips more comfortable, by helping them climb in. <br /><br />Sanela said: "It's basically a minibus that we made into Teddy and Leo's special car, we bought a special mattress and took the seats out."<br /><br />The car wasn't the only accommodation they made, shortly after Leo's addition, they rented a new flat for the pooches. <br /><br />Their old flat was too small so they chose another that cost them €400 (£350) more per month and included another bedroom. <br /><br />Sanela said: "It was worth it, I'm planning on turning the extra bedroom into Teddy and Leo's room."<br /><br />Sanela is wary of people thinking keeping a Newfoundland terrier is as expensive as she has made it. <br /><br />She said: "You don't need to put this much money into them, I don't have kids so they are my kids. <br /><br />"I'm obsessed with them and I spend much more money on them than normal people do."
