Brittany's Gentle Giants? Goldendale WA

[Lin]

Does anyone know what happened to the dogs? Were they returned to the breeder or adopted out?

[clearwtrbeach67]

Let me first say hi, I have shown AKC, vet tech'd and done rescue for several years- several years ago. I did go up there and see the conditions after the dogs were removed and we were removing many exotic parrots. I have read the posts here, maybe at one time she was good, however I can tell you all with all honesty that at that time the place was disgusting. We really should've had respirators on in the home, the feces all over the inside and outside as well as amonia in the house from urine, dead mice in the parrot cages, holes in the walls, and honestly over an hour per cage to scrub w/ bleach the greasy black grime, not to mention the poor health, one with an over grown beak to where he almost couldn't eat, another plucked almost bald, the scarlett macaw with her breast bone showing. It was very bad!! Now 6 months later and Dale Capriotti has managed to get a court order saying he owned the birds and they are being removed from all of us. There were over a dozen birds, the bald goffin cockatoo I had him 6 month he regained all his feathers!! The scarlett macaw with the breast bone, well she is doing great and now tomorrow the sheriff is coming to pick them up and return them to him, as supposedly he had a restraining order from the property and couldn't retreive the birds, yet their condition did not happen over night!! He is facing some type of other charge, which believe me I will find out, I will also be calling the DA office tomorrow. 6 mos later and he's getting them back, he didn't even file his first claim on them until Dec. 7th and we removed them in mid sept!! Again, mental issues or not this was a very remote area and the home probably beyond repair, if not in need of total demolishing from to the frame. Good breeders can have bad things happen but good breeders know when it is time to ask for help or they are no better than BYB.

[onyx'girl]

I feel for you and your frustration with the unjustice of what is happening to the poor parrots. If we see dog kennels as neglectful, I think many exotic bird breeders are 1000x's worse. I was in that business for several years and it was sad because many were smuggled illegally and the birds were treated inhumanely more often than not.
The intelligence level of these creatures brings on self mutilation due to their living conditions.
I hope you can keep tabs on Dale. Please update, if possible?

[clearwtrbeach67]

I will post I'm not letting this lie yet. Can anyone point to a reference of when he was suspended from AKC?
I do understand about the parrots, I've been involved starting over 25yrs ago. Funny thing is they didn't know that both were goffins, they thought one was a bare eyed, and the scarlett a greenwing! Wrong I knew as soon as I got the pics before entering the home. None of the birds I was trying to make mental notes on had a quarrantine band nor a domestic band- no bands. hmmm? noticed that right away, there was a couple cockatiels, love birds, sun conures, moluccan, male electus, blue front amazon, grey, and several removed before I arrived.
I just don't understand. I have spent 3 mos screening homes, finally found a home last weekend for the goffin w/ a great family who also had another rescue bald goffin, the other goffin has been living in a great rescue in central OR, that is well established 503c non profit and permanent home and has become part of a flock! It's just not right, and the scarlett is sitting here w/ me she knows something is up her behavior is unruly right now after the sheriffs being here.

[JakodaCD OA]

I'm so sorry the birds are being returned...I think I'd sue him for the care/money/time you've put in nursing them back to health or give him the option of signing over the birds to you..Hope things work out

[clearwtrbeach67]

they were def. BYB the home was deplorable the urine in the house was so strong, holes in the walls, dead mice in the parrot cages, gerbil food in the parrot dishes, one w/ a beak so overgrown he couldn't eat properly, another plucked almost bald who was afraid of the dark for the first month we had him. These birds and dogs were all placed, she has been in a mental facility since July or Aug. he had a restraining order, and now he pulled some BS ( we are going to get court transcripts) and was only proved he owned one of the birds- the moluccan cockatoo- the DA office really dropped the ball and now the judge ordered all to him! So sheriffs started showing up at peoples houses unannounced and seizing the birds that have bonded to their new families and other birds. We are going to contact an attorney and file suit together- as well as charge the county for restitution of all the fees we've had to put out.

[washington34567]

Hi I am very upset to read this... they had a Military Macaw who belonged to my brother. Where did the parrots go? I had no idea. Please, any information you can provide would be helpful...

Originally Posted by clearwtrbeach67

they were def. BYB the home was deplorable the urine in the house was so strong, holes in the walls, dead mice in the parrot cages, gerbil food in the parrot dishes, one w/ a beak so overgrown he couldn't eat properly, another plucked almost bald who was afraid of the dark for the first month we had him. These birds and dogs were all placed, she has been in a mental facility since July or Aug. he had a restraining order, and now he pulled some BS ( we are going to get court transcripts) and was only proved he owned one of the birds- the moluccan cockatoo- the DA office really dropped the ball and now the judge ordered all to him! So sheriffs started showing up at peoples houses unannounced and seizing the birds that have bonded to their new families and other birds. We are going to contact an attorney and file suit together- as well as charge the county for restitution of all the fees we've had to put out.

[washington34567]

Does anyone know if all parrots were taken? THey had a parrot that was my brother's... I want to know what happened to her...

[Chris Wild]

This thread is a year old and doesn't need to be resurrected for discussion again. I'm closing this thread.

If anyone can answer the new poster's question about the parrots, please do so via PM.

-Admin