Balihara Ranch review
This review has been written about the Balihara Ranch kennel because we have been interested in Swiss Mountain Dogs for a long time. The kennel breeds all four breeds of this group of dogs: Greater Swiss Mountain Dog, Bernese Mountain Dog, Appenzeller Mountain Dog, and Entlebucher Mountain Dog. It is important to note that the owner of Balihara Ranch kennel also breeds other breeds in addition to four types of Swiss Mountain Dogs (they are sophisticatedly written for her close family members). She breeds dogs for more than 25 years and has produced more than 2500 puppies living all over the world. Note, this number only includes Swiss Mountain Dogs, not other dog breeds that she also breeds (Norfolk terriers). We found plenty of information sources on the internet and from other breeders and dog owners about this kennel, so we think we have taken an objective picture of her breeding practices.
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Check out the countless number of owned dogs and litters produced in the Balihara Ranch kennel on the official website of the Slovakian Swiss Mountain Dog Club.
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When the Same Pairings Are Repeated to Exhaustion: What the Numbers Reveal About Breeding at Balihara Ranch
Publicly available records through 2023 show that at Balihara Ranch, identical parental combinations were repeated as many as four, six, or even eight times, producing dozens of puppies from a single pairing. Such a degree of repetition is not standard in conventional breeding practice and raises questions about where selective breeding ends and systematic multiplication begins.
When the System Stops Protecting Dogs: The Blind Spots in the FCI System and Breed Clubs That Enable Extreme-Scale Breeding (Part II)
In the first part, we showed where the system fails in the field — in limits, inspections, and exports. This second part uncovers something even more serious: club-level exceptions, conflicts of interest, and lax oversight by the Slovak Cynological Union (SKJ), all of which have allowed kennels like Balihara Ranch to grow to a scale that today’s mechanisms can no longer effectively regulate.
When the System Stops Protecting Dogs:The Blind Spots in the FCI System and Breed Clubs That Enable Extreme-Scale Breeding (Part I)
Current rules of the FCI and breed clubs contain fundamental blind spots: no limits on litters, no meaningful welfare inspections and weak oversight of exports. These gaps create the conditions in which extreme-scale kennels can thrive. And the only way to stop them is to change the system itself — not to address individual cases, such as the Balihara Ranch kennel, only after they grow beyond what today’s club and legislative mechanisms are capable of handling.
Important notice: This website focuses on summaries and analyses of publicly available information. All the data provided comes from sources that we consider reliable. At present, we also have additional significant information that cannot yet be disclosed. As soon as circumstances allow, we will update it, so we recommend checking the website regularly.
The data obtained from these sources (e.g. skssp.eu) were used for the purpose of this review only, under the principle of “fair use”.
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