Richmond PD K9 Sabre vested in 2009

K-9 ARMOR
77 Van Ness Ave STE 101, San Francisco, CA 94102
Contact Suzanne Saunders: 415-265-9371 or email k9armor@gmail.com

K-9 ARMOR® accepts donations to give
bulletproof vests to California police dogs

Most departments do not budget for K9 bulletproof vests

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

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K-9 Armor promises 100 percent of your tax-deductible donations go only to bulletproof K9 Armor vests for police dogs, no other purpose

K-9 ARMOR® owns the registered Trademark for the service of fundraising to give K9 Armor protective vests to California police dogs

We are approved by the California Office of the Attorney General which is required to fundraise in California. Click below to check the California OAG Charity Registry enter K-9 ARMOR for Organization and see our status as Current for State of California

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We don't make the vest, we are the only charity to offer the Officers a choice of brands of K9 Armor

We offer this amazing lightweight, bulletproof P7K9 vest made by Project 7 that we buy from Aardvark Tactical in La Verne, California

$3,900 delivers a life-saving P7K9 vest. Made of NIJ-certified material worn by human SWAT teams who requested this vest for their K9 Heroes

Pictured above, the P7K9 vest with removable yoke for extra protection around the neck
Thanks to Aardvark Tactical starting in 2025 we are honored they gave us a generous charity discount off retail $4,200

Thanks to Survival Armor, we joined forces in 2025 to offer this beautiful, lightweight K9 Armor vest made of NIJ-certified armor for human Officers. We are proud to give this vest, made in the USA, a vest called Paladin
HAVE VEST, WILL TRAVEL

$1,200 gives this beautiful vest at our incredible charity price, including delivery

Made to our specifications, based on feedback for 20 years from handlers, using a lightweight material for a custom-made, bulletproof - spikeproof K9 Armor vest. Stay tuned for pictures of a California K9 Hero wearing the armor you sponsor when we give our first Paladin vest

We partnered with the K9 Tactical Gear family in 2019 to offer their awesome Kevlar® vest made in Rocklin, California for $1,900

Thank you Susan and Bill Forbes, Owners of K9 Tactical Gear for giving us a great discount to help us give the most vests. Their amazing design of Spike Level 2 and Bulletproof Level 2 panels gives the most protection of any K9 vest at Level 4 and with custom mesh inside for a breathable fabric allows the K9 to wear for long periods. Made of Kevlar® our K-9 Armor vests are made to NIJ (National Institute of Justice) standard for police officers, fitted to each dog including patches for their department. They lowered the price from retail $2000 to $1600 (plus tax and delivery comes to $1900) and includes a spreader hook for lowering from a helicopter.

Smiles from K9 Tactical Gear owner Susan Forbes and K9 Yeti and Suzanne Saunders, cofounder K9Armor.com

Starting in 2024 K-9 ARMOR is proud to offer the K9 Storm Patrol SWAT Vest for $3,600

The K9 Storm bulletproof vest that April 17, 2024, saved the life of LA County Sheriff K9 Kjeld (pronounced Kid)

Vests to Los Angeles County K9 Heroes given in honor of LA Sheriff K9 Jack shot and killed EOW 12-22-22

Officer Jim Slater in Winnipeg, Canada, has made his custom-fit, featherweight bulletproof vest since 1996. It started when his own K9 had to go into battle with no armor, and when he invented this special material, other handlers began to request a vest for their K9 partners. Then it happened, April 17, 2024, the night LA Sheriff K9 Kjeld (Kid) was shot and his K9 Storm Patrol SWAT vest took the bullet and saved his life with no injury to the K9!

That was all the proof we needed for our board of directors to approve offering this vest as a supplement to the heavyweight vest. The K9 Storm wonderful family gave us a charity discount off the retail $3,863.

K9s are stabbed and shot and hurt and killed when they have no armor.

Your donation solves that problem, so they stay protected all day with a lightweight vest to protect against ambush, and their heavyweight K9 Tactical Gear vest to wear going into battle.

We receive no benefit and make no profit in protecting every law enforcement dog in California. Those who make a profit from K9's include the sale of the police dog at $10,000-20,000, to training the police dog another $10,000, to specially-cooled vehicles over $10,000, medical care and food and supplies. Most K9 support organizations can only provide equipment to dogs in their K9 Associations and they cover medical but they don't provide vests. We thank many of the K9 Associations on our Sponsors page who brought angel sponsors to us, so we could protect their K9 Heroes.

K-9 Armor gives vests that meet the NIJ (National Institute of Justice) Standard for human ballistic vests. This is the same standard as their handler as mandated by the Agency that oversees the standard for all law enforcement in the United States.

K-9 Armor vests protect all the vital organs.

All brands of vest we offer are custom fit to each K9 for maximum comfort and mobility. Suzanne has measured 200 K9 Heroes to make sure each vest is a perfect fit. The Officers have never measured a police dog for a vest and sometimes the vests from other charities that don't give this personal service can have gaps that expose vital organs. Thousands of dollars for a vest should fit perfectly.

Our Articles of Incorporation, allow you to sponsor a particular police dog for the cost of a whole vest to protect the police dog of your choice. Donations are applied to every law enforcement dog in California without preference. We love them all and when you support K-9 Armor by sponsoring a vest, we add a thank you on our Sponsors page and picture of the beautiful K9 Hero you just protected.

We were incorporated on 07-08-09 (July 8, 2009)

K-9 Armor started in September 2003 partnering with the Marin County Sheriff's Office until 2009 when we ended our partnership, and with their encouragement and guidance, obtained the honorable status of State Charity.

July 8, 2009 (7/8/9), we obtained the 501(c)(3) status as a Non Profit Public Benefit Charity for the State of California, protecting California Law Enforcement Canines with Bulletproof K9 Vests, relying on donations to K-9 Armor.

K-9 Armor stands alone, as the sole Non Profit Public Benefit Charity that donates 100 percent of our time and funds only to bulletproof vests for every law enforcement dog in California. The IRS explains it, they don't like to approve multiple charities in the same place raising money for the same thing. One of the questions on their Application wants to know if there is a Charity already performing the work you propose, why exactly can't you work with the existing organization instead of taking funds away from those who depend on Charity?

Our costs include the vest plus sales tax and if donated online includes the 2.5% Paypal fee. All vests are custom made, measured in person. Cost includes shipping approx $25 and delivery $150, most vests are delivered in person as we cover the whole state. We list the dates each vest was delivered on our Sponsors page to show your donations are dedicated to each vest. We receive a charity discount off the retail price by both Tactical Gear in Rocklin, CA and K9 Storm in Winnipeg, Canada and Aardvark Tactical in La Verne, CA and Survival Armor in Florida for an incredible cost below retail, because they believe in our cause. We are the only public benefit charity dedicated only to providing free bulletproof vests without any exclusions, to all law enforcement dogs for all of California and 100 percent of the cost is covered by public donations.

Protect those who lay down their lives to protect us

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

For information, send email to
k9armor@gmail.com

Contact Suzanne Saunders: 415-265-9371