Richmond Police K9 Sabre vested in 2009

K-9 Armor
77 Van Ness Ave STE 101
San Francisco, CA 94102

Contact:
Co-Founder Suzanne Saunders
text or call (415) 265-9371
email k9armor@gmail.com

California K9 Handlers call or email for a free bulletproof K-9 Armor vest worth $2000 retail

K-9 ARMOR® accepts donations to give Kevlar®
bulletproof spikeproof vests to CA police dogs

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Sponsor a police dog for $1900

Most departments do not budget for K9 bulletproof vests for their police dogs

Your donation gives a spikeproof and bulletproof
K-9 Armor vest made of the same Kevlar as their partner

Thank you for your tax-deductible donation
We are a 501(c)(3)
Non Profit Public Benefit Charity

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Click to play KCRA video K9 Armor for Stanislaus County Sheriff K9 Sam. Photo and video by KCRA.

Campbell Police K9 Koa vested in 2022

Your donation protects the police dogs
who lay down their lives to protect us

Special Enforcement Bureau Los Angeles Sheriff's Department (seblasd) K9 Jack was shot and killed on 12-22-22
Donations on K9Armor.com protect his fellow LA County Sheriff K9 warriors and all the California police dogs still facing bullets ... but without a bulletproof vest

Photos of LA Sheriff K9 Heroes by LA County Sheriff with their permission and K-9 ARMOR vests requested in 2019
Read Jack's story on our Memorials page

Donate to protect Jack's fellow Special Enforcement Bureau Los Angeles Sheriff's Dept Bomb Squad K9 Heroes
Follow them on seblasd Instagram. Donate to protect Lasi and her K9 pals Kara (a Shepherd) and SusiQ (a black lab)

June 13, 2022 Special Enforcement Bureau LA Sheriff K9 Bomb Squad K9 Perla and Bear received their vests

Donate to protect Gardena PD K9 Maxo who patrols the streets where LA Sheriff K9 Jack was killed 12-22-22

Thank you angels who donated for a K-9 ARMOR vest to protect Union City Police K9 Franco in 2020 and in 2022 for Turbo
December 13, 2022 Officer Canjura and K9 Turbo came to K9 Tactical Gear factory for a vest and k9 kisses with K9 Armor cofounder Suzanne

Donate to protect Chino Police K9 Halina for her partner Officer Cortes

Photo of Halina by K9 Hero Photography

November 5, 2022 hugs from Riverside Sheriff K9 Sweet Caroline and Deputy Kurylowicz at the RSO K9 Trials

November 1, 2022 Thank you Anaheim Police Department for the honor of a ceremony for K9 Leo, Rebel, Valor and Zax

Donate to protect LAPD Bomb Squad K9 Heroes Max, Morte, Leslie and King

LAPD Bomb Squad K9 Heroes Max and Nellie on the left and on the right, K9 King gave k9 kisses to K9 Armor cofounder Suzanne Saunders at the LACPCA show

July 16, 2022 We protected LA Airport Police K9 Ciga for Officer Norwood and K9 Kobe for Officer Orlanes at the Los Angeles County Police Canine Association (LACPCA) K9 Demo

K9 Ciga gave hugs and K9 Kobe won 2nd place in the Tough Dog in the competition
Thanks to donations, both K9 Heroes went to work protected that night
Donate to protect the team of 21 dogs who guard the Los Angeles World Airports, LAX and Ventura

Donate for Los Angeles Sheriff K9 Heroes they need 14 vests

Smiles from Deputy Losa and K9 Tula and Deputy Velasco and K9 Tina, they partrol the LA Transit System

DONATE TO PROTECT LOS ANGELES AIRPORT POLICE K9 HEROES

You can protect the police dogs who guard LAX Airport and Ventura Airport they need 21 vests

Donate to protect LAPD Gang and Narcotics Division K9 Heroes

Donate to protect the Los Angeles Police Department - Gang and Narcotic Division K9 Heroes
Protect Officer Cirrito and his partner K9 Piper and her beautiful Bloodhound pals Pearl, Rusty, Rylee and Sam

Donate to protect four LA Probation K9 Heroes

PROUD TO PROTECT THE CALIFORNIA K9 HEROES WHO GO TO WORK PROTECTED THANKS TO YOUR DONATIONS

May 12, 2022 Thanks to another generous donation by the Freda B Runyon Foundation, sponsors of over a dozen police dogs,
we protected Campbell Police K9 Koa

March 31, 2022 we delivered a vest to Dept of State Hospitals Patton Police Officer Jessup for K9 Nico
at the beautiful Mission Inn Hotel

Thank you Orange County Police Canine Association for the honor of protecting your K9 Heroes

December 15, 2021 We are honored to protect Santa Ana PD Officer Maietta for K9 Rik and Officer Esquerra for K9 Baldur and Officer Shiflett for K9 Kuno
K9 Kuno survived being stabbed the prior week. His wonderful doctors saved him to return to duty wearing his new K9 Armor bulletproof spikeproof vest


We returned to give a vest to Officer Guidry for K9 Rosie, joined by Kuno. We were honored by a ceremony and K9 Demo with Sgt Gutierrez at Santa Ana Police station
We were joined by K9 Armor Ambassadors Christine Mantyla Administrator of South Coast College and Mike and Krista Pennington, sponsors of 30 Orange County K9 Heroes in 10 years

December 16, 2021 We protected K9 Heroes on the Riverside Sheriff K9 Team
including K9 Sniper and Sky and Riverside Police Dept Ruger and Vigo
at the beautiful Mission Inn Hotel in Riverside

Smiles from RSO K9 Sniper, Deputy Naccarato former US Navy, Riverside PD Ofc Miller, K9 Ruger, K9 Armor cofounders RSO Corporal Hurd and Suzanne Saunders,
RSO Deputy Sandoval, K9 Raven, Deputy Casillas, K9 Sky, Riverside PD Ofc Cleary and K9 Vigo

Deputy Sandoval brought K9 Raven for support, to say thanks for her vest sponsored in 2019

July 14, 2021 for Bastille Day we had fun at Calimesa Country Club to give a vest to RSO K9 Association President, Corporal Jesse Deacon former US Marine
for K9 Alvin and fit K9 Jack for his vest delivered to Deputy Mushinskie on September 1, 2021

Thank you Nicole Arbelo, author of best-seller K9 Heroes for sponsoring K9 Alvin and Rosie Arias, Manager at Amazon for sponsoring Jack

May 26, 2021 Thank you Adlerhorst K9 Academy for inviting us to training day to protect Riverside Sheriff K9 Storm

Smiles from K9 Armor cofounder Suzanne Saunders and Riverside Sheriff K9 Storm and Deputy Giallorenzo former US Marine
On the right, kisses from K9 Yanik with our K9 Armor VP Corporal Hurd

Riverside Sheriff K9 Yanik received his K-9 Armor vest with our VP RSO Corporal Hurd at Adlerhorst Training Day, January 2020

Proud to protect Fullerton Police K9 Rotar as our first vest of 2021

As promised when Rotar the First was stabbed in the line of duty and retired, we delivered our first vest of 2021 to Officer Kalsheuer for his new partner K9 Rotar who carries on the name and torch

September 13, 2021 we were honored by a ceremony with Chief Rivera to protect State Hospital Metro Police K9 Diesel

K9 kisses from State Hospital Metro PD K9 Diesel for K9 Armor cofounder Suzanne at ceremony with Chief Rivera and Officer Bell, photo by Sgt Fisher

Officer John Bell is a former US Army Sergeant First Class and trained at Lackland Airforce Base
serving our country with his MWD K9 partner and a trainer in the National Guard before joining State Hospitals Metro Police in Norwalk with K9 Diesel

We are proud to protect Long Beach Police K9 Amigo and Kiss and Kala who guard the Long Beach Airport

Smiles from Long Beach PD Officer Dominguez and K9 Amigo and on the right, K9 Kala. Amigo and Kiss are German Shorthaired Pointers and K9 Kala is the beautiful Belgian Malinois
February of 2020 we were blessed to protect Long Beach Police K9 Kala and met K9 Amigo and Kiss who all guard the Long Beach Airport
December 31, 2021 New Year's Eve we mailed two custom-fit vests for K9 Amigo and Kiss thanks to the Estate of Kathy Coldewey

We are proud to have protected Los Angeles Unified School Police K9 Cody

We are honored to protect San Bernardino Police K9 Heroes K9 Bexter and Falco


Hugs from K9 Armor cofounder Suzanne and San Bernardino PD Officer Flint and K9 Bexter and Officer Guzman and K9 Falco

We are proud to have protected Santa Ana Police Officer Galeana's partner K9 Puskas who won a Medal of Valor before retiring

Donate to buy a vest for a future Orange County K9 Hero so those precious paws are protected before they hit the pavement as soon as they graduate K9 Academy

Thank you OCPCA K9 Benefit Show 2019 and our sponsors for protecting Anaheim PD K9 Rebel, Brea PD K9 Jarvis, Costa Mesa PD K9 Aran and Bodi, Fountain Valley PD K9 Kimbo and Westminster PD K9 Ranger

K-9 Armor is proud to protect East Bay K9 Heroes Newark PD K9 Echo and Tio and Union City Police K9 Franco

Your donations help us keep the Napa County K9 Heroes protected

Hugs from Napa Sheriff American Canyon PD Officer Tong and K9 Mavric and Suzanne Saunders, K9Armor.com - Smiles from Napa Sheriff K9 Jax

St Helena PD K9 Barrett received a vest for Christmas 2018. We are honored to protect the Napa County Sheriff K9 Heroes. They report to Deputy Jon Thompson pictured with former partner K9 Nash.
You are protecting the officers who depend on their partners with their lives.

Thank you Lynne and Larry Hornbeck for donating to K9 Armor to protect Ontario PD K9 Basco, Diesel, Janthra, Kerel and Robbie

Orange County Police Canine Association President, Anaheim PD Officer Klevos and K9 Leo with sponsors Mike and Krista Pennington with K9 Armor cofounder Suzanne Saunders

Congratulations OCPCA President, Anaheim PD K9 Officer Klevos and his partner K9 Leo
and K9 Heroes of Orange County protected thanks to Mike and Krista Pennington.

We are honored to protect Santa Ana PD Officer Heitmann and K9 Pepper

K9 Heroes we protect come to strut their stuff every year at the OCPCA K9 Benefit Show at Anaheim Glover Stadium.

October 14, 2017 we raised $2056 including $2000 from Mike & Krista Pennington of Foothill Ranch, who donated for 2 more Orange County K9 Heroes.

2016 we protected Cypress PD K9 Pasko and Placentia PD K9 Ace.

We met an Anonymous Angel who donated for West Covina PD and came all the way to Orange County to donate for a second vest we gave to Fullerton PD that night at the show.

2015 Friends donated as their birthday present at the request of Pamela Roossin, co-owner of OC Guns. .

We gave a vest after the show to Fullerton PD K9 Jax and Westminster PD K9 Pako and donated a vest to the new, Cypress PD K9 Pasko.

Fullerton PD Officer Scott Flynn and K9 Jax giving nose kisses to Suzanne Saunders, cofounder K9Armor.com. Pictured right, Westminster PD Officer Travis Hartman and K9 Pako, photos by Frank D'Amato, OC Register

OCPCA (Orange County Police Canine Assoc.) Pres. Placentia PD Officer Chris Anderson and K9 Habo, Fullerton PD K9 Rotar and K9 Armor cofounder Suzanne Saunders photos by OCPCA

Manhattan Beach PD K9 Bozi on the left, photo by Mike Pennington and pictured right, Fullerton PD K9 Mueller gives nose kisses of thanks to Suzanne Saunders, K-9 Armor Co-founder, photo by Tina Ortega North of Fullerton PD.

We are proud to have protected Orange County K9 Heroes including Anaheim PD K9 Bruno and Cisko and Ares and Guenther and Krieger, Cypress PD K9 Sem, Fullerton PD K9 Mueller, Santa Ana PD K9 Puskas, Huntington Beach PD K9 Xavi and Orange PD K9 Lykan.

Mike and Krista Pennington donated to protect Cypress PD Officer Mathias for K9 Sem. Mike and Krista also donated to protect over 13 magnificent Orange County K9 Heroes.

Thank you Huntington Beach PD Officer Ricci, Orange County Police Canine Assoc. Liaison, for granting us the honor to protect your partner K9 Xavi and for inviting us to your awesome show!

Huntington Beach PD K9 Xavi with Officer Ricci

Congratulations West Covina P.D. K9 Reiko wearing his K9 Armor vest and Medal of Valor awarded by the city for surviving a gunshot to protect his partner, Officer Rodriguez. Thanks to donations to K9Armor.com we protect their K9 Heroes Reiko, Rec and Rocky and Ronin.

West Covina PD Officer Bryan Rodriguez with K9 Reiko. photo right: K9 Armor Cofounder Suzanne Saunders and West Covina PD Officer Matt Bowman & K9 Rec

February 11, 2015 K9 Armor donated seven vests and July 2nd, 2015 we donated three vests to K9 Heroes in loving memory of Riverside Sheriff - San Jacinto PD K9 Sultan EOW 01-21-2015.

Riverside Sheriff - San Jacinto PD Officer Mark Wallace and K9 Sultan EOW 01-21-2015

July 2, 2015 Donations provided three bulletproof K9 Armor vests to local K9 Heroes Riverside Sheriff - San Jacinto PD Officer Wallace for his new partner K9 Kyra, donated by Rich Holt in memory of K9 Sultan,
and to Hawthorne PD Officer Galindo for K9 Chicko, donated in loving memory of Virginia Sechrist by her daughter Vicky and her sisters Violet, Daisy and Diana,
and to Torrance PD Officer Lara for K9 Nemo donated from the students of Officer Lara's mother-in-law Judy Kline and her awesome students at Bishop Montgomery High School.

February 11, 2015 Donations provided seven bulletproof K9 Armor vests to local K9 Heroes to Fullerton PD, Hemet PD, Placentia PD, Riverside PD and West Covina PD in loving memory of K9 Sultan EOW 01-21-2015.

Riverside PD Officer Brad Smith with K9 Finn and Officer Darrel Hill with K9 Noran and K9 Armor cofounder Suzanne Saunders. Photo right: K9 Armor Cofounder Suzanne Saunders, Riverside PD Officer Dave Taylor with K9 Chacko and sponsors Connie and daughter Kristina Mlynarski

Hemet PD Officer Matt Gomez & K9 Jack giving kisses to K9 Armor Cofounder Suzanne Saunders. Photo right: joined by Riverside County Animal Control Officer Tiffany Fuller

January 21, 2015 San Jacinto PD - Riverside Sheriff K9 Sultan was murdered by a gunshot at point-blank range to the neck.

November 8th, 2014 at Riverside Sheriff K9 Trials, we raised $82, shook paws with friends and sponsors and gave two K9 Armor vests including the one to beloved Sultan.

Many thanks to Sgt. Anthony Williams and Corporal Jeff Hurd and Deputy Richard Fransik for the invitation to attend to fundraise and the honor of protecting your awesome K9 Warriors.

Thanks to Todd and Judy Zervas of Riverside for sponsoring two Riverside K9 Heroes and to Rich Holt of Greenstone Materials in San Juan Capistrano for sponsoring two K9 Heroes.

Suzanne Saunders, K-9 Armor co-founder and Riverside Sheriff Deputy Wallace and K9 Sultan and to the right with Deputy Deacon and K9 Chico, photos by Sgt. Anthony Williams

We donated a K9 Armor vest to TSA BART PD K9 Bandi in loving memory of TSA Master K9 Trainer Geno Fonseca.

Photo of BART PD K9 Bandi giving kisses to K9 Armor cofounder Suzanne Saunders, photo by Officer Edwards.

Thanks to the anonymous angel who donated for Bay Area Rapid Transit K9 Heroes.

K-9 Armor is proud to protect the Anaheim PD K9 Heroes

Anaheim PD K9 Bruno survived a gun shot to the face. Suzanne, K-9 Armor with Anaheim PD K9 Bruno and Officer RJ Young, photo by Mike Pennington. On the right, Anaheim PD K9 Krieger, photo by Officer Dale Miller.

Anaheim PD K9 Guenther giving hugs to Suzanne Saunders, Co-Founder K-9 Armor, photo by Officer Klevos and on the right, Anaheim PD K9 Cisko, photo by his partner, Officer Bonczkiewicz

Anaheim PD K9 Ares, photo by his partner, Officer Lopez

Pictured left to right, Orange PD Officer Gutierrez with K9 Lycan, Krista & Mike Pennington who generously donated for over 10 vests, Fullerton PD Officer Miller with K9 Mueller, OCPCA Pres. Bob Smith and Huntington Beach PD Officer Ricci with K9 Xavi. Photo by Gar Travis of http://www.garphoto.com/

K-9 Armor Co-founder Suzanne Saunders and ESA K-9 Unit Handler Andy Greiner and K9 Wolfie.

Executive Security Agency invited K-9 Armor to the historic Perry House in Monterey, CA raising funds to donate a new K-9 Unit to the Monterey County Sheriff's Dept. and a bulletproof vest for their K9 Heroes.

K-9 Armor Co-founder Suzanne Saunders and ESA K-9 Wolfie giving kisses of thanks for donations to protect Monterey Sheriff K9 Heroes. Photo by JelladianArt.com.

Click below to read KCRA article K9 Armor for Stanislaus County Sheriff K9 Sam. Photo by KCRA.

Many thanks to Dennis Lines of Century 21 M&M for donating $3250 and Modesto Ducati and Modesto Harley-Davidson for $675 which paid for the 5th K-9 Armor vest for K-9 Rudy. Thanks to the Modesto Bee for an article that helped generate donations for K9 Axel.

In 2007 K-9 Armor had the honor of helping them break ground as the first K-9 Team on the Stanislaus Sheriff's Dept to receive bulletproof vests for their all their brave, beautiful dogs!

Rohnert Park PD K9 Kimo wears his K-9 Armor vest thanks to a donation by Carol Dunn pictured left with Officer Matt Snodgrass and K9 Armor Co-Founder, Suzanne Saunders

June 16, 2012 at the Sonoma County K9 Trials in Windsor, we raised $56 and added Dos Palos PD K9 Scar.

Dos Palos PD K9 Scar pauses for hugs from Suzanne Saunders, K-9 Armor Co-Founder.

Thank you Sonoma County Sheriff K9 Association for inviting us to your K9 Trials each year!

Thank you Jesse Robichaud of Yosemite Bicycles for donating $875 to donate a free bulletproof K9 Armor vest to Sonoma County Sheriff K9 Karl!

Sonoma County Sheriff Deputy Jones and K9 Karl with his new K-9 Armor

K9 Armor is proud to protect these police dogs protecting the Golden State!

Photo of CHP K9 Dax by K9 Armor pictured left to right K9 Armor covered CHP K9 Dax and K9 Becks center photo of CHP K9 Team (Becks on left) by John Biehler taken on Patriot Day September 11, 2011, far right photo by CHP pictured left to right back row Richmond PD K9 Officers Avila, Palma and Mandell with CHP pilots, front row Richmond PD K9 Bosco, Ronin and Rasp all protected by K9 Armor as they fly to your rescue!

Photo of California Department of Fish and Game K9 by National Geographic "Wild Justice"

Help us protect the dogs that fly deep into the forest against drug lords armed with machine guns, these dogs deserve nothing less than minimum standard, heavy-duty armor that covers the underbelly. K-9 Armor vests includes a rappel loop for helicopter travel, our K-9 Armor dogs can fly!

K-9 Armor protected Department of Fish and Game K9 Kilo.

Watch them on National Geographic TV "Wild Justice" as they take on poachers and protect our wildlife.

California Department of Fish and Game Warden Paul Cardoza and K9 Kilo

Pet Pride Day hosted by San Francisco Animal Control holds this huge event with 50 charities and thousands of dogs who bring their owners to shake paws at our K-9 Armor booth and raise $86 in 2006 and $164 in 2007 in beautiful, Golden Gate Park. Here's a picture with one of the brave officers and star of Animal COPS San Francisco. We received an award since 2006 for protecting the police dogs of California. Congratulations to Lt. LeEllis Brown for his promotion to Lieutenant!

Lt. Brown, SF Animal Care and Control and Suzanne Saunders, K-9 Armor
October 29, 2006 Pet Pride Day

SFPD Chief of Police Heather Fong gave congratulations to K-9 Armor 2008

Sunday, October 26, 2008 We raised $75 and received a beautiful award! Thanks to SFPD Chief of Police Heather Fong for stopping by to shake paws and congratulate us for our dedication to providing protective gear for police dogs. Thanks to Chief Fong, SFPD purchased 20 bulletproof vests for their K-9 Unit, if only every police department would follow their example! For now, most agencies do not budget for bulletproof vests for their K-9's so it is up to us to raise the money and save these brave, beautiful dogs. Help us protect them by donating on our Paypal button or send us a check to our address at the top of this page. Thanks for your donations!

Petaluma PD and Sonoma County Sheriff K9 Trials
helped us raise donations to protect 42 police dogs since 2004!

Sonoma County Sheriff K9 Axl giving kisses to Suzanne Saunders, K-9 Armor for his free bulletproof vest Thanks to Wells Fargo Oakmont Branch Manager Ruth Ramirez, who donated $750 for Sonoma County Sheriff K9 Axl.

Many Thanks to Sonoma County Sheriff K-9 Handler Pat Moffitt for inviting us every year to her K9 Trials. Thank you Sonoma County Sheriff Canine Unit for allowing us the honor to protect your K9 Axl and for inviting us to attend your K9 Trials where we added K9 Karl.

We came to shake paws June 18, 2011 at Windsor High School and raised $110.00 and added Sonoma County K9 Karl to protect with a K9 Armor vest.!

Thank you Petaluma PD K9 Sergeant Mark Hunter and Sgt Ed Crosby for inviting us every year to
The Petaluma Police K-9 Trials

Thank you for helping us raise $110 and shake paws at the Petaluma PD K9 Trials, August 13, 2011
Lucchesi Park, Petaluma, CA

August 7, 2010 we raised enough to give two beautiful police dogs a bulletproof K-9 Armor vest!

Richmond PD K9 Rasp and Officer Mandell

Richmond PD K9 Rasp and Officer Mandell

Rasp competed at the Petaluma PD K9 Trials August 7, 2010 we received a generous donation of $750 from Chris and Karen Tallerico of Hercules, for a whole vest to Richmond PD in memory of fallen K9 Officer Brad Moody, we are proud and honored to apply their donation of a bulletproof vest for Richmond PD K9 Rasp. Rasp and his handler Officer Mandell, were recently engaged in battle with a bank robber shooting at Rasp and the suspect broke off the dog's tail as Rasp held on and took down the bad guy! At the Petaluma Trials we saw Rasp perform with great determination even without his tail. What an incredible story, visit our www.facebook.com/k9armor photo album with Rasp giving thanks for his new vest!

El Cerrito PD Officer Leone and K9 King with Suzanne Saunders, Co-Founder K-9 Armor

Suzanne Saunders, Co-Founder, Treasurer and Webdiva of K-9 Armor meets El Cerrito's police dog, King, to measure him for his new bullet-proof vest, March 3, 2011.
On the left is King's handler, Officer Aaron Leone. Many thanks to the
El Cerrito Patch Article K-9 Armor for K9 King

Suzanne Saunders of K-9 Armor receives K9 kisses from Richmond PD K9 Bosco

Richmond PD K9 Bosco gives kisses to Suzanne of K-9 Armor for his bulletproof vest thanks to donations we covered 6 of their Richmond PD K9 Heroes!

Chris and Karen Tallerico with Richmond PD Officer Mandell and K9 Rasp

K-9 Armor presented a bulletproof vest to Richmond PD K9 Rasp, thanks to a donation of $750 to K-9 Armor by Chris and Karen Tallerico in memory of fallen Richmond PD K9 Officer Brad Moody.

El Cerrito resident Ginger Cava, El Cerrito PD K9 King and Officer Aaron Leone.

Thank you Ginger Cava of El Cerrito, for a donation of $750 to www.k-9armor.com to protect El Cerrito PD K9 King, and with family and friends another $750 to protect Dept of Fish & Game K9 Kilo with a K-9 Armor bulletproof vest!

We also gave a vest to Richmond PD K9 Bosco thanks to an amazing donation of $3500 by the Freda B Runyon Foundation, and to Officer Danielle Bowler and K9 Ivan of San Pablo PD who received the first bulletproof vest for a San Pablo PD K9 and CA Search and Rescue Dogs for finishing the donation chain to protect San Pablo PD K9 Argos!

Thank you Jeffrey Mullins for $3000 to protect Richmond PD K9 Nero and CHP K9 Dax covering the Bay Area including Alameda, Contra Costa, Sacramento, San Francisco, Stanislaus, San Jose the North Bay from Marin to Napa and Sonoma Counties.

Richmond PD Officers Joe Avila with K9 Bosco, Suzanne Saunders of
K-9 Armor, Officer Mandell and K9 Rasp, San Pablo PD Officer Danielle Bowler and K9 Ivan wearing a new bulletproof vest each thanks to donations by Chris and Karen Tallerico and the Freda B Runyon Foundation!

Thanks to James Lindfors for $750 to K-9 Armor to protect Richmond PD K9 Ronin!

Richmond PD K9 Ronin with Suzanne Saunders of K-9 Armor

Click the image of Richmond Police Department K9 Unit pictured left to open a giant picture of the magnificent seven (6 handlers and K9 Sgt Mitch Peixoto)

We covered four of their six dogs with K-9 Armor bulletproof vests thanks to $3500 from the Freda B Runyon Foundation which helped us to cover 2 more Richmond PD canines Bosco and San Pablo PD K9 Ivan who inherited from K9 Maverick who retired then passed away. Thanks to $750 from Chris and Karen Tallerico who donated for K9 Rasp, we also covered K9 Arrow in 2008 and Sabre in 2009, all pictured left. Click for a giant image of these larger-than-life dogs who risk their lives every day for us!

Click the picture of K9 Bosco from Richmond PD K9 Bosco below for a slideshow of the dogs in action at the Petaluma PD K9 Trials Aug 15, 2009 where we raised $215 and gave a K-9 Armor vest to Sabre of Richmond PD.

Petaluma PD K9 Rico gives K-9 Armor cofounder Suzanne Saunders k9 kisses. Photo by Petaluma PD Officer Mike Page

Suzanne, K-9 Armor with Officer William Cantrell and Arrow, Richmond P.D.

Congratulations to Rico, Petaluma P.D. and to Arrow, Richmond P.D. for receiving their K-9 Armor vests on March 24, 2008

Many thanks to Vallejo Police Department for helping us raise $174 for 2007, $42 in 2006, $80 in 2005 at their K-9 Trials where we added Mojo, a big, beautiful rottweiler on Vallejo P.D. K-9 Unit.

Officer Tiffany adopted Officer Jeff Azur's dog when Officer Azur was shot to death and his dog wounded and later retired.

March 17, 2011 we received a generous donation of $3000 by Jeffrey Mullins allowing us to save four brave dogs including Mojo of Vallejo P.D. who will all receive K-9 Armor!

Many thanks to Detective Sergeant Mitch Peixoto of Richmond P.D. for stopping by our booth at the Petaluma 2006
K-9 Trials. We added 6 of their brave, beautiful dogs of the Richmond K-9 Unit.

Thanks to your donations Sabre was lucky dog number 20 to receive a FREE
K-9 Armor vest!

Arrow is our 16th success story!

Richmond P.D. K-9 teams face the toughest criminals with the highest crime rate last year in California. Thank you for helping us protect them with K-9 Armor Kevlar Vests so they can all take a bite out of crime!

Officer Mike Page and Rico,
Petaluma P.D. and Suzanne, K-9 Armor

Rico is our 12th success story!

Thanks to the dozens of kids who came over to shake paws and make a donation at our
K-9 Armor booth, help save all these beautiful dogs with a K-9 Armor Kevlar vest.

Suzanne, K-9 Armor with Officer Rick Cox and Max,
Petaluma P.D. Marin Fair July 3, 2007

Thanks to Officer Cox and Max and Officer Page and Rico from Petaluma P.D. and to Officer Bill Welch and Raven of Novato P.D. and to Captain Jim Boggeri of Marin Urban Search and Rescue and Recon for taking a day to shake paws all helping us raise $750 enough for a whole K-9 Armor vest!

Many thanks to Sonoma County Sheriff's Dept. Pat Moffitt for inviting us to their first annual K-9 Trials, June 3rd 2007 we raised $193 cash and added Lucy to our waiting list. Lucy works Narcotics for the Sonoma County Sheriff's K-9 Unit.

Thanks to hard work by Laurel Putnam of Sonoma County Permit and Resource Management, she and her friends raised $700 for a K-9 Armor vest.

Sonoma County Sheriff's dog Maverick was shot to death in 2000. Thanks for helping to save Lucy who is our 17th success story!

Officer Bill Welch with Raven and Officer Kevin Naugle with Kyto, Novato P.D. May 10, 2007

Congratulations to Officer Kevin Naugle and Kyto of Novato P.D. and to Officer Bill Welch and Raven (pictured left) for helping us raise the money for Raven and Kyto's vests by helping out in the July heat at the Marin County Fair 3 years in a row to shake paws with hundreds of kids!

Thanks to the UPS Store at 936 7th St Bldg B in Novato, CA. The generous owners and helpful staff watch our donation box, where we raised hundreds of dollars over the years since 2003. Local citizens of Novato, thank you for protecting those who protect you!

Raven is our 5th and Kyto is our 11th success story!

We raised $147 on August 19 at the Petaluma P.D. 2006 K-9 Trials

Click for giant image of Max leaping to victory! Thanks to Petaluma Police Officer Clay Begrin of North Bay Sports Photography visit his site to purchase spectacular photos of this event and more!

Thanks and Congratulations to Officer Rick Cox and Max of Petaluma P.D.who placed first in Narcotics 2006, look at him leap!

Thank you Officer Welch and Raven
for shaking paws at the Marin County Fair for two days, helping us raise over $200 in two days for a total of $450 toward a vest for Novato P.D.
K-9 Kyto!

Thanks also to Deputy Marrett and Verona for shaking paws every year at the Marin County Fair and to Captain Jim Boggeri and his Search and Rescue dog Recon, for coming to our rescue when we needed a K-9 to shake paws for a day.

Captain Jim Boggeri and Recon of USAR, and Suzanne

K-9 ARMOR
77 Van Ness Ave STE 101, San Francisco, CA 94102

For information, send email to Co-Founder Suzanne Saunders
Text or Call 415-265-9371
or email
k9armor@gmail.com

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