A New Year’s Wish – If Dogs Could Speak

by | Jan 1, 2026

The New Year is traditionally a time for wishes.
For health. For peace. For fresh beginnings.

This year, however, we would allow ourselves to voice one wish that may sound simple at first glance—yet in reality would represent a profound change for thousands of dogs.

That so many puppies would no longer be bred that individual lives turn into mere numbers in spreadsheets.
That breeding would no longer be built on volumes of dogs and litters so large they can no longer be personally monitored, truly known, or responsibly overseen.
That there would be no need to circumvent rules, shuffle dogs on paper, or explain reality with language designed to obscure it.

This is not a wish against breeders.
It is a wish for dogs.

For dams who would wish for more than just another litter.
For dogs who would wish to be companions, not production units.
For puppies who would wish to grow up in an environment where time, calm, and individual care are the norm—not a luxury.

Over the past year, we have published dozens of analyses, datasets, comparisons, and documented cases examining the operation of the Balihara Ranch kennel and the decisions of its owner. We have shown what happens when breeding becomes a primary source of income. When it becomes an identity. When slowing down is no longer possible without losses.

And that is precisely why this wish is so difficult.

Because fewer litters would mean less money.
Fewer dogs would mean the collapse of a system that has been sustained for years.
And for the owner of Balihara Ranch—who has built her entire professional life around dog breeding—it would mean acknowledging that the line between what is legal and what is right has been crossed.

This website exists because dogs have no voice.
And because silence around large-scale breeding operations has, for years, been treated as normal.

As we enter the New Year, we do not wish for conflict.
We do not wish for attacks.
We do not wish for victory.

We wish only that it would no longer be necessary to produce more than 100 puppies a year.
That it would no longer be necessary to look for ways to “work around” the system.
That it would be possible to breed less—and live with that choice in peace.

If this wish were fulfilled,
it would be the most beautiful New Year’s surprise.

For the dogs.
Not for us.

For some, however, it would mean changing an entire way of life.

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