„Our dogs have always been a part of our family. All of our dogs live on the ranch, with all-day contact with us.“

source: schweizersennenhunde.eu – Balihara Ranch official website

Sounds like a dream, doesn’t it?
But when the dream starts to look like a carefully crafted illusion, the question arises:
Where does genuine love for dogs end—and where does cold-blooded business begin?
Dogs on the couch, puppies in the house, a shared life on the ranch.
You’ll find this same line in dozens of breeder ads.

But let’s strip away the polished PR lens—and take a hard look at the raw reality.

Reality? Far From Idyllic

According to publicly available findings, the Balihara Ranch kennel simultaneously houses:

• 65+ adult dogs across multiple breeds,
• up to 75 puppies at any given time,
• five different breeds bred in parallel,
• multiple litters continuously—around 20-25 per year,
• all on shared grounds with a few small enclosures, each just 15 m² (per a vet report).

How many people do you know who share a home with 75+ puppies and dozens of adult dogs?
How can anyone credibly claim that “all our dogs live with us” when we’re talking about several dozen animals?

When “Family Breeding” Becomes a Factory: The Hard Numbers Behind Balihara Ranch

Forget the idyllic image of a “family-run breeding program full of love on a sunny ranch.”
Here’s the unfiltered reality: in just a few summer weeks in 2010, at least 75 puppies were born at Balihara Ranch—and that’s only counting the Swiss breeds, excluding others like Norfolk Terriers, whose breeding is evidently handled as a “side business.”

• Over 10 litters
• All within a short seasonal window
• Each one, another overbred dam. Another production unit.

Below is a record from that period—drawn from the Slovak studbook records maintained by the national breeding authorities.
Each line represents a dam, a sire, the litter’s birth date, and the number of puppies born.

NO.	DATE OF BIRTH	DAM	SIRE	PUPIES	BREED
1	16.07.2010	ALESSANDRA Valatheca	CESAR von Rouben Sent	5	Greater Swiss
2	31.07.2010	HERMIONA From Balihara ranch	ASTOR Baranecká dolina	7	Appenzeller
3	03.08.2010	LILLITH from Balihara Ranch	NOBLE NOCTURNO from Balihara Ranch	5	Entlebucher
4	04.08.2010	LAVINIA from Balihara Ranch	NOBLE NOCTURNO from Balihara Ranch	6	Entlebucher
5	05.08.2010	ILYRIA from Balihara ranch	ALDO Zorska Prima	3	Greater Swiss
6	07.08.2010	EVITA PERON from Orsina´s land	REGINALD From Balihara ranch	11	Berner
7	11.08.2010	FELINE from Balihara Ranch	FABIAN z Ipeľskej kotliny	6	Berner
8	27.08.2010	MILLA MAGIA from Balihara Ranch	FABIAN z Ipeľskej kotliny	10	Berner
9	01.09.2010	ILLIANA from Balihara ranch	HARLEY SWISS STAR v.d. Wonneproppen	11	Greater Swiss
10	08.09.2010	FABIENNE from Balihara Ranch	ALEX Dakam	11	Appenzeller
TOTAL BRED PUPPIES				75

source: skssp.eu

Total: 75 puppies.
And let’s remember: this is just a glimpse from a single year—one out of thirty.
This isn’t a breeding program. It’s a production line.
And just one of many such “busy seasons.”

The Photos You’ll See – and the Ones You Never Will

On the Balihara Ranch website, you’ll find:

• A puppy on a cozy blanket
• A dog lounging on a sofa
• Two or three dogs romping in a meadow
• Posed photos from dog show wins

But you won’t find:

• Images from times when 75+ puppies are on the property
• Any realistic view of the kennels or housing facilities
• Photos showing the entire canine population at once If everything is so transparent—why is the full facility never shown?
  Where are these “rooms” where ten females are supposedly raising litters simultaneously?

Dogs That Rotate Faster Than Their Photos

At Balihara Ranch, there’s always a fresh lineup of dogs:
Young. Current. Active. Award-winning.

But the older ones? The ones no longer breeding?
Silence. Where do they go? How long do they live once their “function” ends?

If dogs are truly family members—why do they disappear without a goodbye?

A family dog has a name, a story, a lifelong place.
Here, names rotate like stock numbers on a shelf.

Bottom Line: This Isn’t a Shared Life With Dogs.

This is a system where identities are erased the moment a uterus retires.
A yard that isn’t a home—but a logistics hub.

For years, Balihara Ranch kennel has repeated the same phrase:
“Our dogs live with us on the ranch.”

But look at the numbers, and you’ll see:

• The dogs don’t live there—they function within a system.
• “Family” doesn’t mean relationship—it means utility.
• “Contact” isn’t affection—it’s management.

This is not a shared life with dogs.
It’s a well-oiled production machine—one that keeps running, regardless of who’s living, breeding, or quietly disappearing.

Coming up in Part 3:

“Raised with Love” vs. Testimonies from Buyers and Cramped Living Conditions