Silence That Screams: Why the Owner of Balihara Ranch Remains Quiet – and What It Tells Us

by | May 8, 2025

When Someone Stays Silent for Years… There Might Be a Reason

For months, we’ve been publishing facts, figures, dates, and revelations about the disturbing practices at the Balihara Ranch kennel. All of it based on easily verifiable data.

And the response? Absolute silence.

No statement.
No denial.
No attempt to clarify, refute, or face the truth.

What Exactly Needs to Be Explained About Balihara Ranch?

This isn’t about a typo.
This isn’t about one poor decision.

It’s about a long-standing, systematic model that can’t simply be swept under the rug:

  • Up to 3,000 puppies produced over approximately 30 years of operation.
  • More than 100-150 puppies bred annually, with up to 70 present at once on-site.
  • Five different breeds bred simultaneously.
  • Dozens of adult dogs kept in a single yard – on a property size deemed inadequate by any ethical breeding standard.
  • Up to 8 litters per female, with only 6-month breaks between pregnancies.
  • Females as young as 15 months bred for the first time.
  • Stud dogs used for 30+ litters within the kennel, excluding external matings.
  • Single females whelping over 60 puppies across multiple litters.
  • Puppies sold via brokers and in bulk.
  • An estimated annual revenue exceeding €200,000, all generated by this breeding system.

And all of this continues without a single public explanation.

What Is There to Say?

Maybe… nothing.
Because numbers like these are hard to argue with.

When websites aren’t spreading gossip, but publishing official records—
When the figures are verifiable through the studbook and confirmed by the Slovak Club of Swiss Mountain Dogs—
When every dog’s name, every litter, every female has a documented date…

…then silence isn’t a defense. It’s an admission.

So Why Does Balihara Ranch Stay Silent?

Because there’s nothing left to say.

What could the owner possibly say to explain the fact that:

  • Her kennel “produces” vastly more puppies each year than other breeders,
  • Her breeding numbers match or even surpass those of many backyard puppy mills without pedigrees
  • And she spent years cultivating an image of exclusivity—until someone started counting litters and dogs?

Silence is safer.
Because no response could possibly sound better than the reality itself.

If Someone Truly Stands Behind What They Do…

…they explain it. They show evidence. They respond.
Anyone who believes in the integrity of their work doesn’t hide from it.

But when “breeding” becomes an industrial operation and animals become means to an end, not partners…
…the heart is no longer part of the equation – only the litter number, the puppy count, and the balance sheet remain.

And anyone who still sees love and respect for dogs in all of this isn’t fooling us – they’re fooling themselves.

Final Thought: Silence Is a Statement – and In This Case, It’s Deafening.

The owner of Balihara Ranch has every opportunity to speak up.
No one is stopping her.

But the longer she stays silent, the clearer it becomes:
It’s not us who have nothing to say. It’s her.

This isn’t just silence.
It’s silence that confirms more than any answer ever could.

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