Owners: Big Sky Bison LLP & Sapphire Shepherds
Sire: Manto v. Kahlenbach: SchH3.
Dam: Arne Egidius: SVV2, SchH3, IPO3.
Balli’s Certifications: ZPS1, SVV1, SchH3, IPO3, ZVV3.

Winner of the ZVV3 Protection category at the 2003 Czech Republic National Competition.
Rating: Very Good.
Hips: 0/0 Excellent
Breed Survey: selected 1st. Breed Class, 5X1/P
Pedigree: Click here.

All photos taken at Sapphire Shepherds breeding facility.  St. Ignatius MT.
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Balli comes to us through the Czech Republic. There he was used extensively and held the position for several years of being a proven top producer of Law Enforcement and Service dogs!!! He is a very imposing stud dog who is famous for his enormously hard protection skills and his perfect tracking often scoring perfect 100‘s in both these disciplines. In 2003 Balli attained the prestigious ZVV3 title along with the honor of being awarded the Czech Republic Champion in the protection phase of this very demanding and realistic title. Only 3 to 5 dogs earn the ZVV3 title per year.
Balli is a male capable of daily training and he still completes all the disciplines with full assignment! He possesses a very valuable, balanced character with absolutely rock solid nerves. He carries heavy bone, dark pigment, large masculine head type and is well known for passing all of these characteristics and drives onto his offspring. Balli’s offspring mature fast. They carry dark pigment and have very strong bones and heads. They start to bite at 6 months of age! By an early age of 1 year, his offspring show top hardness and sharpness. They have a superb drive for tracking and protection work, are solid nerved and balanced. They are dogs that naturally bite real!

Within Balli’s first 3 years of breeding in Europe, his offspring immediately went to work in many of the troubled areas of the world, being used by police, bomb and drug detection, and distinguished themselves in the Israeli Military. One of which is K9 Hero, Orion Jipo-Me aka "Simba". While working with Israeli homeland defense special forces “SIMBA” was accompanying his master on regular military exercise in the Gaza area, when he helped discover and destroy a group of 3 intruders. Privately owned, "Simba" was in training in special civil defense. This protection training done by Amnon B. I. backed by a superior genetic background enabled this balanced dog to endure, operate and attack under light and heavy machine gun fire exchange. “SIMBA” WAS ONLY 8 MONTHS OLD DURING THE ATTACK!!!  (photos of ORION: 1 & 2 ). 



 

Our breeding females Oresta z Dalub Bohemia and Pen z Jirkova dvora have offspring from Balli.  Some of which are working in dual police, detection, herding, competition areas, and world class working dog breeding programs. 
From our breeding program, frozen semen of our son of Balli and Pen, CZAR of SAPPHIRE MOUNTAN, is now being utilized  by one of the top law enforcement K-9 breeding programs in the world, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP).
BLACK PEARL v. SAPPHIRE MOUNTAIN: (BALI / PEN)
LENORE: (BALLI / PEN) read more about LENORE on Client Reference #12
RAIN v. SAPPHIRE SKY: (BALLI / PEN)
COUDY z ARANKY: (BALLI / ORESTA) Patrol and Narcotics detection dog for the Long Beach Police Dept.
CLARK z ARANKY: (BALLI / ORESTA)

Another example of a Balli son: EDGAR Jirisu Bohemia, Photo 1 & 2 Bomb/Specialist dog. EDGAR is a dual purpose dog able to detect PENTRIT, TNT, RDX, BLACK POWDER, SEMTEX, DINITRO-ETHILEN-GLICOL. He searches for these substances indoors, in baggage's and in the means of transport. He works both on/off leash. Edgar is a big strong male with protection skills that are hard and real.

The bloodlines behind Balli represent the ultimate collection of top working lines. Primarily the line of INGO v. RUDINGEN that originates in former East Germany. Also from his fathers side there is the interesting blood of v. KIRSCHENTAL. This precious bloodline is renown for the breeding of dogs used by shepherds for the guiding and protection of flocks of sheep. Balli’s father, MANTO v. KAHLENBACH a Lord vom Gleisdreieck son was the winner of the Austria Championship's 3 times, one of these wins took place at the early age of 3 years. He also placed 2nd at the World Championship two times.

On Balli’s mother side you will find extremely valuable old blood from Czech and Slovakia. These are the bloodlines that are represented in a majority of dogs you see regularly taking part in the German Shepherd World Championships (WUSV). Among the many successes of these lines it is worthy to note that 2 of Balli’s half brothers placed as the two most successful competitors in the National Association of Police Dogs (NAPD). Balli’s mother, ARNE EGIDIUS was honored in 1999 of being voted "The best working dog dam of the year" in the Slovak Republic.

We are very honored to own Balli and have his offspring in our breeding program.



Balli's scores: 
SchH1  (94/82/95)
SchH2   (96/79/85)
SchH3   (93/90/91)
IPO1   (94/82/100)
IPO2   (100/86/100)
IPO3   (88/84/98)
SVV1   (100/96/98)
ZVV1  (100/94/98)
ZVV3   (90/79/95)
ZPS-1   (95/92)
 

Sam Helmer and Balli Panta - Rei.