Shurik

Shurik: Shih tzu mix AGE: 3 years old

TIME AS FAMILY PET: 6 Months

PROUD HUMANS: Olya & Charles

Is there a meaning to Shurik’s name?

What is the origin story of Shurik?

What is Shurik afraid of?

My dad named him after hearing the word Shih Tzu. It fits him well because it’s a name of the main character in an old popular comedy and it fits his personality.

No idea. He was found in a large apt building in Alameda, brought to Alameda city shelter, very dirty, matted, with cherry eye. We fostered him for a month , then the shelter did a cherry eye, hernia, and a neutering surgeries, and we adopted him.

Shurik is afraid of a lot of things. He does not like strangers or loud sounds. Shurik does not like to be touched unexpectedly.