Rescue Me
Meet Bishop: Trouper, Toupee Maker
Bishop, a Shih Tzu, is waiting at Atlanta Pet Rescue and Adoption for a home.
Every week, Midtown Patch visits an area shelter and highlights the story of an animal that might otherwise get overlooked. Don't tell Bishop, but sometimes the staff at Atlanta Pet Rescue put a thatch of his hair on their heads and wear it like a toupee. It's all in good fun now, but the history of that toupee isn't. The six-by-six-inch square is only a portion of the knotted hair they had to cut from the little dog. Bishop arrived at Atlanta Pet Rescue in late January with fur so matted that a clump protruded "like an awning over his eyes," said director Judy Price. Shih Tzu dogs are bred for their long and silky hair, but street life had gnarled one-year-old Bishop. He was found in Jonesboro "running loose looking for love in all the …
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