We don't make the vest, we give the heavyweight
K9 Tactical Gear vest made of the same Kevlar® as
their human partner for a donation of $1900,
and you can donate to
give the featherweight
K9 Storm Patrol SWAT vest for $3600.
Both vests are custom-fit to each K9.
We partnered with
the K9 Tactical Gear family for their
awesome
vest
American Made, in Rocklin, California.
100 percent of K9 Officers wear NIJ certified
Kevlar® and every K9 deserves our K-9 Armor
vests made to NIJ (National Institute of Justice)
standard for police officers.
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. The vital
organs are all protected by three spikeproof
and bulletproof panels. They lowered the price
from retail $2000 to $1600 before tax
and delivery, as a special charity price
and includes a giant spreader hook for
lowering from a helicopter.
Smiles from K9
Tactical Gear owner Susan Forbes
and K9 Yeti and Suzanne Saunders, cofounder
K9Armor.com
K-9 ARMOR is proud to offer
the K9
Storm Patrol Swat Vest
The same bulletproof vest
that April 17, 2024, saved the life of LA County
Sheriff K9 Kjeld
In honor of LA Sheriff K9 Jack
shot and killed 12-22-22 and K9 Kjeld saved
by his
vest 04-17-2024
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, the
night LA Sheriff K9 Kjeld (Kid) was shot and
his K9 Storm Patrol
SWAT vest took the bullet and saved his life.
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.
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 the featherweight
vest and their heavyweight K9 Tactical Gear
vest to wear the same
protection as their human partner going into
battle.
Thank you Sgt. Bishop for the
honor of protecting four of your LA Sheriff Bomb
Squad Perla, Bear, Lassie and Kara and permission
for 14 K9 Heroes still to vest. Thank you Jeff
and
Sara
Amend
for donating
to protect LASD K9 Perla and Bear and 3 Riverside
Sheriff K9 Heroes.
K-9
ARMOR vests donated
Richmond PD K9 Sabre in 2009 was K9 Armor's
20th success
January 2011 we began posting receipts and
dates to keep track of K9 Heroes we protected
starting at the 21st vest
January 09, 2020 Brea PD Jarvis, Costa Mesa PD Aran, Fountain
Valley PD Kimbo, Long Beach PD Kala, Newark PD K9 Tio, Riverside
Sheriff Herbie, Raven and Yanik x8
January
21, 2020 Small fit test vest x1
March
20, 2020 Costa Mesa PD Bodi, LA School
PD Cody, Newark PD K9 Echo, Union City
PD Franco, Large fit test x5
May
20, 2020 Westminster PD Ranger x1
July
14, 2020 San Bernardino PD Bexter and Falco x2
May 4, 2021 Fullerton
PD Rotar II, x1
May 26, 2021 Riverside Sheriff Storm x1
July 14, 2021 Riverside Sheriff K9 Alvin and Jack x2
September 13, 2021 Dept State Hospitals Metro PD Diesel x1
December 15, 2021 Santa Ana PD Rik and Baldur and dropped off
for Kuno x3
Dec 16, 2021 Riverside Police Ruger and Vigo, Riverside
Sheriff Sky and Sniper x4
Dec 31, 2021 Long Beach Police Amigo and Kiss x2
March 30, 2022 Santa Ana PD Kuno and Rosie x2
March 31, 2022 Dept State Hospital Patton PD Nico x1
May 12, 2022 Campbell Police K9 Koa x1
June 13, 2022 Los Angeles Sheriff K9 Bear and Perla x 2
June 22, 2022 Anaheim Police K9 Rebel x1
July 16, 2022 Los Angeles Airport Police K9
Ciga and Kobe x2
Nov 1st, 2022 Anaheim PD K9
Leo, Torro, Valor and Zax x4
Nov 5, 2022 Riverside Sheriff K9 Sweet Caroline
x1
Dec 13,
2022 Union City Police
K9 Turbo x1
January 15, 2023 Los Angeles County Sheriff K9 Lassie x1
May 4, 2023 Santa Ana Police K9 Jack x1
July 22, 2023 Gardena Police K9 Vito and Los Angeles Airport
Police K9 Morty x1
August 1, 2023 Gardena Police K9 Maxo x1
December 25, 2023 Campbell Police K9 Rohen and Los Angeles
Sheriff K9 Kara x2
May 25, 2024 Los Angeles Port Police K9 Emir x1
June 12, 2024 Anaheim Police K9 Odin x1
June 14, 2024 Riverside Sheriff K9 Leia x1
November 7, 2024 Riverside Sheriff K9 Owney x1
November 9, 2024 Los Angeles Port Police K9 Maya x1
Total: 185 K9 Heroes protected thanks to your
generous donations
K-9 Armor promises 100 percent of your donations go only to
bulletproof vests xfor police dogs, no other
purpose.
Only the lack of bulletproof vest is an
injustice and a problem you can solve but
not with booties and goggles etc.
When you donate for a vest, you choose which K9 Hero to protect.
See below for a list of generous sponsors who helped protect
our K9 Heroes
and the K9 Associations who bestow the honor of
protecting the police dogs who lay down their lives to protect
us.
November 9, 2024
Thank you Westchester Elks Lodge 2050 for sponsoring
LA Port Police K9 Maya
Thank you LA Port Police Officers Flores and
K9 Wako and Officer Paxton for your thrilling
demo at the Westchester Elks Lodge 2050 Masked
Charity Ball
Smiles from K9 Armor cofounder Suzanne and much
gratitude to Exalted Ruler Patricia Crockett
who approved proceeds to benefit K9 Armor
November 7, 2024 Thank
you SOAR Animal Rescue for donating $10,800
to K9 ARMOR for
RSO
K9 Heroes!
Thank you generous sponsors from RSO Deputy
Orlik and K9 Argo and K9 Armor cofounder Suzanne
and
SOAR
Animal
Rescue cofounder Belinda at their annual Gala
Thank you to the beautiful Desert Willow Golf
Resort in Palm Desert for providing the venue
and allowing Deputy Day and Owney and Deputy
Orlik and Argo to demo their skills
June 17, 2024 Thank you Arkham
Intelligence for donating to sponsor
a Los Angeles Police K9 Hero
Thank
you Christopher Soares who donated to protect
Riverside Sheriff K9 Leia
June 14, 2024 Christopher Soares donated in
loving memory of his friend Lamont Smith
(1970-1996).
Deputy Topping and K9 Leia had just found
a missing juvenile inmate who had escaped
armed with a
knife.
Smiles from Riverside County Sheriff Deputy
Topping with his partner K9 Leia
Thank you
Anaheim
Police for the honor of keeping your K9 Team
protected with bulletproof - spikeproof vests
made by K9
Tactical Gear. Thank you also Mike and
Krista
Pennington for over ten years sponsoring over
20 vests and Lori Diaz and her 6th grade students,
for
keeping the whole Anaheim PD K9 SWAT Team protected.
Thank you Orange
County Police Canine Association for the
honor of protecting your K9
Heroes
since 2011
June 12, 2024 Thank you Lori Diaz and your
amazing students who presented a K9 Armor
vest
at Mattie Lou Maxwell Elementary for Anaheim
Police Officer Brett Klevos to protect his
new partner K9 Odin
Hugs from K9 Armor cofounders Suzanne Saunders,
and Anaheim Police K9 Leo and Officer Brett
Klevos
Officer Klevos is Director of K-9 ARMOR and
of the Orange
County Police Canine Association overseeing
benefits including bulletproof vests for the
Police, Sheriff and Military K9 Heroes of Orange
County
Thank you Karen Tucker, owner of Frisbie
Management McDonald's for hosting a K-9 ARMOR fundraiser on McTeachers
Day, November 29, 2023. Karla Peterson and Lori Diaz, teachers at Mattie Lou
Maxwell Elementary, brought teachers and students to show our bulletproof vest
and we raised $1100 to protect Anaheim Police K9s.
May 25, 2024 We gave a vest to LA Port Police
K9 Emir for Officer Hernandez
Thank you Los Angeles Port Police for the honor of protecting your K9 Heroes
Thank you K9
Hero Photography for photos of LA Port Police K9 Emir and Officer Hernandez
at the beautiful LA Maritime Law Enforcement Training Center (MLETC)
Thank
you author Nicole Arbelo for making a Wish come
true for LA Sheriff K9 Kara in 2023, Riverside
Sheriff K9 Alvin in 2021 and two in 2019 with
your fundraising. Nicole also helped us raise
funds to protect 3 Stanislaus Sheriff K9s and
2 Trinity Sheriff K9 Johnny and Cash in 2013.
You are amazing Nicole!
July 14, 2021 Hugs from Riverside Sheriff Corporal Jesse Deacon and K9 Alvin
wearing his K-9 ARMOR vest
Thank you Freda B Runyon Foundation,
special sponsors of over ten years and a dozen
police dogs protected including a vest to Campbell
PD K9 Koa and Rohen
for the honor of protecting your K9 Koa
and Rohen!
Koa and his partner, Officer Buckovic and
Rohen with his partner Officer Velichko
constantly discover houses full of guns and drugs
Thank you Sharon and the board of directors
of the FBR Foundation
for protecting over a dozen police dogs in
the 10 years of your support
We appreciate you protecting the dogs who
would lay down their lives to protect us!
Thank you Santa
Ana Elks Lodge 794 for sponsoring Santa Ana
Police Officer Sanchez for K9 Jack
at a ceremony May 4, 2023
We invited the Santa Ana Elks and K9 Armor
Ambassadors who have donated for multiple K9
Heroes, Christine
Mantyla and Don and Margaret West, and Don
and Amber Klesges. Smiles from Officer Sanchez
and K9 Jack
Thank you Gardena Elks Lodge
1919 for Sponsoring Maxo.
Thank you FitExpo for inviting us to display
a booth in the LA Convention Center January
15, 2023 where we met Officer Ruvalcaba and
measured Maxo
Maxo received
his
vest at National Night Out
on
August 1st, 2023
March 2020 Angels donated for
Union City PD K9 Franco, then again in 2022
for K9 Turbo
December 13, 2022 Union City PD Officer Canjura received a vest for K9 Turbo
November 1, 2022, Thank you Mike and Meghan
LaFirst, owners of Harbor
Construction for sponsoring the Anaheim Police
K9 Team with four bulletproof - spikeproof vests
made by K9
Tactical Gear
Thank you Anaheim Police Department for the honor
of a ceremony for Leo, Torror, Zax and Rebel and
Valor who works undercover
Thank you Carolyn Cornejo
for donating to protect Riverside Sheriff K9
Sweet Caroline in 2022 and two RSO K9 Heroes
in 2019
Hugs to Sara and Jeff Amend
of Riverside, sponsors of three Riverside Sheriff
K9 Warriors and two vests to LA Sheriff K9
Heroes Bear and Perla
K9 kisses from K9 Armor cofounder Suzanne and LA Sheriff K9 Bear with Deputy Mayberry
Hugs from K9 Armor cofounder Suzanne and LA
Sheriff K9 Perla with Sgt. Bishop
Thank
you Yvette of Riverside and family donations
for Santa Ana PD
Rosie and Kuno our first vests of 2022.
Nose kisses
to
you all.
K9 Kisses from Santa Ana PD K9 Rosie and K9
Kuno
Smiles from Santa Ana PD Officer Guidry and
Rosie, K9 Armor cofounder Suzanne, Officer Shifflet
and Kuno
December 16, 2021 We had the
honor of protecting four Riverside K9 Heroes
at the
beautiful Mission
Inn thanks
to sponsors at the amazing SOAR
Animal Rescue,
and to Susan Fosse of Riverside, Tanya and
Gary Cox and Anonymous Angels and Foundations
including the Estate of Kathy Coldewey and
the Freda B Runyon Foundation. Donations
throughout the year vested 12 K9 Heroes
in 2021 and over 185 total since 2004
December 16, 2021 at the beautiful Mission
Inn in Riverside we protected four Riverside
K9 Heroes
Hugs from Riverside Sheriff K9 Raven who came
to say thanks for her vest sponsored by SOAR
in 2019
Riverside PD K9 Ruger greeted with tenderness
by the excellent staff of angels at the
hotel
Thank you SOAR
Animal Rescue for your work giving spay
services
and for sponsoring K-9 ARMOR fundraisers
for Riverside Sheriff K9 Heroes since 2019!
Thank you SOAR Animal Rescue
Thank you SOAR for sponsoring five K9 Heroes
and then two more for Riverside Sheriff
bringing the
total
to a Magnificent Seven RSO
K9 Heroes protected!
Thank you Belinda Zaparinuk, Ron Erickson,
Sandi Schreiber, Lisa Blodgett, Lisa Katz,
Felipe Gonzalez, Craig & Tina Estes and
Steve Belfield for donating at the SOAR Annual
Gala Fundraiser
We enjoyed the annual Gala in 2019 and 2021 and
were treated to a K9 Demo by K9 Raven and Rudy
Scroll down to see the pictures from 2019
when they vested five RSO K9 Heroes
Riverside Sheriff Deputy Naccarato with Sniper, K9 Armor VP RSO Corporal Hurd and Suzanne Saunders, Deputy Casillas and Sky
December 15, 2021 we were honored by a ceremony
by Santa Ana Police including a great K9
Demo wearing their K-9 ARMOR for K9 Baldur
and Rik and Kuno
Picture by Santa Ana Police, thank you K9 Unit
Sgt Guttierez and Officers, K9 Armor sponsors
and Ambassadors Christine Mantyla
Administrator of South Coast College
and
Mike and Krista
Pennington
We gave
two vests to Santa Ana Police K9 Heroes
this day
We left one for K9 Kuno and ordering one for
K9 Rosie
Five vests to Orange County K9 Heroes
this year
Many thanks to Sgt Gutierrez and Officer Esquerra
and K9 Baldur for their excellent demo
Thank you Richard Aragon of Suisun
City for sponsoring Dept of State Hospitals Metro
PD K9 Diesel and one new K9 Hero in training
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
Thank you Rosie Arias, Amazon
Fulfillment Center Manager
and your amazing team for sponsoring RSO K9 Jack!
Riverside Sheriff Deputy Patrick Mushinskie & K9
Jack with Rosie Arias, Amazon Fulfillment
Center ONT8 and team of Amazon Fundraisers
at their Celebration Presentation of a K-9
ARMOR vest to K9 Jack
September 1, 2021
Thank you Corporal Deacon and Alvin and Deputy
Mushinskie and Jack
for the fantastic demo at the Amazon party
Thanks to the Freda B Runyon Foundation for
a dozen K9 Armor vests through the years, they
donated for 2 more. May 26, 2021 we gave a
vest to Riverside Sheriff K9 Storm and ordered
a vest
for their new K9
Thank
you Freda B Runyon Foundation from K9 Armor
cofounder Suzanne and Riverside Sheriff
Deputy Giallorenzo,
former US Marine and K9 Storm in his K9 Armor
vest
Thank you Jennifer Paugh founder
of MIAT Institute
of Technology
for sponsoring
Fullerton Police K9 Rotar II
The look of Love by Fullerton PD K9 Rotar for
his partner, Officer Kalsheuer
March 2021, Rotar II replaced Rotar I who
was stabbed in 2020 but survived and retired
Special thanks to the Estate of Kathy Coldewey
Thanks to Kathy Codewey's donation from heaven,
we ordered vests for:
Los Angeles Police
Gangs & Narcotics
K9 Pearl
Los Angeles School Police K9 Nemo
Long Beach PD K9 Amigo and K9 Kiss
And 2 fit test vests for future K9 heroes!
Thank you Cherie and Michael Brown for donating and
thank
you
Los
Angeles School Police for the honor of protecting your K9 Heroes
Cherie and Michael donated to honor LASPD Officer
David Galdamez by protecting K9 Cody with Officer
Yau
We thank OC Pet Expo in 2019 for bringing us together with the
LA School Police K9 Team
We received a call from Cherie Brown, offering a vest and by May
2020 in the middle of the Corona Crisis we delivered
a vest
#CovidCantStopGood
Thank you Orange
County Police Canine Association for the honor of protecting
your K9 Heroes. Thanks to Mike and Krista
Pennington of Foothill Ranch for over 20
vests to protect Orange County
K9 Heroes since 2011. Hugs
to Christine Mantyla of South
Coast College for gathering staff and students to protect
Fountain Valley PD K9 Kimbo on January 28,
2020 and bringing us Jennifer
Paugh of MIAT who
sponsored a vest for the next Orange County
K9
Thank you Janis Parkinson and Edwards Lifesciences Foundation
matching GivingTuesday campaign for 3 vests
in 2019 and 3 more in 2020. Stay tuned for
more pictures of the K9 Heroes of OC receiving
vests. Heaven willing we will see you at the
2021 Orange County Police
Canine Benefit Show.
Here are some of the K9 Heroes of OC protected
in 2020
Thank you Richard and Sigrid Jolly of Westminster
for sponsoring a vest. Richard volunteers
for Orange County German Shepherd Rescue, we met
thanks to the
Orange County Pet Expo 2019
We are Proud to protect San
Bernardino Police K9 Heroes
Officer Guzman and K9 Falco and Officer Flint and K9 Bexter
Thank you Police Dispatcher
Jenna Fenchak for bringing us sponsors
Andy from Armada
Towing
for the honor of protecting your K9 Heroes Echo and Tio
Thank you Riverside
Sheriff K9 Association we are honored to protect your K9 Heroes
Sponsor Ron Erickson who donated along with many
from SOAR
Animal Rescue for Riverside Sheriff Palm Desert K9 Rudy
pictured with Deputy Shane Day and K9 Armor cofounder
Suzanne Saunders
Thank you SOAR
Animal Rescue for annual fundraisers
to protect our Riverside Sheriff K9 Heroes
with K-9 Armor vests
SOAR Animal Rescue
Thank you SOAR Animal Rescue for bringing sponsors
Ron Erickson (pictured left),
Sandi Schreiber,
Lisa Blodgett,
Lisa Katz,
Felipe Gonzalez,
Craig & Tina Estes and
Steve Belfield to donate at the SOAR Annual Gala Fundraiser
They raised donations for five vests to protect Riverside Sheriff
K9 Heroes
Thanks to Jeff
and Sara Amend of Riverside,
David and Cynthia
Varelia of Palm Desert and
Caroline Eisenberg
of Riverside
for protecting the Magnificent Seven Riverside
Sheriff K9 Heroes
K9 Arkan, Rico, Rudy, Raven, Rex, Herbie
and Yanik!
Donate to protect Long Beach PD K9 Heroes
Amigo and Kiss who guard the Airport, we are proud to protect K9
Kala
Thank you Sponsors Sally and Dan Gutierrez of Long
Beach
They came all the way to Moreno Valley to our Portillo's event
September 4, 2019.
They donated for a vest to protect Long Beach PD
K9 Kala.
Thank you Lynne and Larry Hornbeck for donating to K9 Armor to protect
Ontario PD K9 Basco, Diesel, Janthra, Kerel and Robbie
Smiles from
Anaheim PD K9 Kylo and Suzanne, K9Armor.com
pictured above. Thanks for the vests for
K9 Kylo and Rebel.
Thank
you Amazing 6th Grade Class and teacher Lori Diaz
at
Albert Schweitzer Elementary School
They collected donations by their Paws 4
Laws team!
Big Thanks to Pat Solvik of Santa Clara!
Many Blessings to Jennifer Perez and Catholic
women’s group YLI #188 Corpus Christi.
Their president’s
programs called Pawsitivity.
Continued thanks to our longtime supporters Mike and Krista Pennington
They have protected 20 Orange County dogs since
2011 thanks to their generous donations.
Hugs for the bulletproof vests for Anaheim PD K9 Kylo and Rebel.
Dr Gold with St Helena PD Officer Coultrup and K9 Barrett
Thank you Samantha Constable of Santa Clara for
a donation of $2000!
A donation of $1000 by Dr. Gold of St Helena Veterinary Hospital
for St Helena PD K9 Barrett.
Thank you Dr. Gold & Nadya Simon, Veterinary Assistant at
St Helena Veterinary Hospital for treating our K9 Heroes and donating
for St. Helena PD K9 Djino and Napa County Sheriff K9 Nash.
Smiles from St Helena PD K9 Barrett for his K-9 Armor vest paid for by Dr.
Gold of St Helena Veterinary Clinic and Samantha Constable of Santa Clara.
Smiles from Claremont PD K9 Luther for his K-9
Armor vest paid for by Rhonda and Rick Speiers
of Claremont.
Cpt Aaron Fate, Claremont PD Chief Shelly vander Veen, Officer
Snyder, K9 Luther with Rick and Rhonda Speiers
Hugs to Mr. Nick Deffterious for a generous
donation to protect Sheriff Mike Poindexter's
partner K9 Aggie. Thank you so much for helping
keep our beautiful Aggie protected with the
K9 Armor.
Many thanks to Diana Chang and family for donating
a K9 Armor vest to protect Gardena PD K9 Reno.
Big thank you to our most faithful sponsors Mike
and Krista Pennington who donated for us to
appear in the Orange County Police Canine
Benefit Show in Anaheim every October.
They donated over 15 vests since 2011 to protect
their K9 Hometown Heroes of Orange
County.
Join us for the Orange County Police Canine Assoc. K9 Benefit Show
every year.
Thank you OCPCA President, Anaheim PD Officer Brett Klevos
and former President Placentia PD Officer Chris
Anderson and former President Irvine PD Officer
Bob Smith and Event Director Vince Palazzolo,
for granting us the honor to protect your beautiful
police dogs and for inviting us to your awesome
show!
See more photos of the show and the beautiful dogs you are helping us save from
Orange County on their web site www.ocpca.org
And join us for the Riverside Sheriff K9 Trials, Norco, CA.
Thank you Riverside
Sheriff K9 Association we are honored to protect your K9 Heroes.
Click the link to open pictures and details
on their web site.
Thanks to the Devlin
Realty company who offered us a table to share at the
K9 Trials. If you ask them to donate to K9
Armor, they will use the closing costs to
donate a vest. Nathan Devlin is not only
a generous realtor but an active Corona Police Officer.
Thanks April and Nathan Devlin for sharing
your space to deliver these life-saving vests
to OCPCA and Riverside K9 Heroes!
A special thank you to Maria Malter of Palm Desert for donating
a K9 Armor vest to Palm Desert Police K9 Rio.
Hugs of thanks and appreciation to Mrs. Radmore, aka
Aunt Audrey, who donated for two vests to protect
El Segundo Police K9 Leo and Roxy.
El Segundo Police K9 Roxy and Officer Leavitt
Thank you El Segundo Police K9 Sergeant Turnbull, and his
Aunt for her generous donation. Many family
members donate to protect the K9 Partners who
protect the people they love. We are honored
by El Segundo Police and all the departments
who refer family to us to protect the police
dogs who lay down their lives to protect us.
Thank
you Mrs. Radmore aka Aunt Audrey,
who donated for two vests to protect two K9 Heroes,
El Segundo Police K9
Roxy and Leo!
Thank you Mike and Linda Hirabayashi and
Tucker, for your generous
donations
Your generous donation gave the vest
to Riverside Sheriff - Lake Elsinore Deputy
Cisneros and K9 Kobus in 2018.
Mike and Linda gave a K9 Armor vest for
Stanislaus Sheriff K9 Dexto. Added to previous
donations
in 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015 and 2016 to
protect the police dogs who lay down their
lives
to protect us, with a special love of Malinois!
The Malinois police dog we
covered in 2012 was K9 Smoke for Stanislaus
County Sheriff. He needed a little makeup
money
for the Wish
on Facebook that raised enough for almost
2 vests. Thanks to Mike & Linda & Tucker,
we were able to make up the difference so
all of their beautiful dogs can wear a vest
and Smoke is a Malinois K9 Hero!
In 2013 the Malinois
was Mariposa Sheriff K9 Zeus who waited a
year in need of a bulletproof vest, thanks
to
Mike & Linda by January 2014 we could
protect Zeus!
K9 Armor Cofounder Suzanne Saunders measures Stanislaus County Sheriff
K9 Smoke while Deputy Thompson gives approval and smiles.
Thank you Mike & Linda
for protecting so many K9 Heroes with K9 Armor.
Thank you Friends
of WCPD K9s for the honor of protecting
all your West Covina P.D. K9 Heroes and to
an anonymous angel who donated to protect
K9 Reiko and again to protect
Fullerton PD K9 Jax at the Orange County
Police Canine Association 2015 trials. December
25, 2015 and January 15, 2016 we received
donations from the anonymous angels and friends
to protect West Covina P.D. K9 Ronin!
Congratulations West Covina
P.D. K9 Reiko wearing his 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 these K9 Heroes.
K9 Armor Cofounder Suzanne Saunders with West
Covina PD Officer Matt Bowman and K9 Rec
We gave West Covina PD K9 Rec and K9 Rocky
K9 Armor bulletproof vests in loving memory
of Riverside Sheriff K9 Sultan.
Thank you OCPCA President & Placentia PD Officer Chris Anderson and
former President Irvine PD Officer Bob Smith for granting us the honor
to protect your beautiful police dogs and for inviting us to your awesome
show!
See more photos of the show and the beautiful dogs you are helping us save from
Orange County on their web site www.ocpca.org.
Our
Angels Mike and Krista Pennington donated for a total of 15 OCPCA K9 Heroes
they have protected with K9 Armor.
We have the honor in 2017 of protecting Anaheim PD K9 Leo and Santa Ana
PD K9 Pepper. In 2016 we had the honor of protecting Cypress PD K9 Pasko
and Placentia PD K9 Ace and in 2015 the
OCPCA President & Placentia
PD Officer Chris Anderson's K9 Habo, Fullerton PD K9 Jax and Mueller and
Rotar and
Westminster PD K9 Pako.
We are proud to protect Cypress PD Officers McBean
and K9 Pasko and pictured here, Cypress PD Officer Mondon with K9 Sem and
Placentia PD K9 Ace received K9 Armor thanks to donations by Mike and Krista
Pennington. Sem and Ace gave hugs to K9 Armor cofounder Suzanne Saunders
at the 2016 OCPCA K9 Benefit Show. Photos by Placentia K9 Assoc. Christina
Marbrey.
Westminster PD K9 Pako and Officer Hartman with K9Armor.com cofounder, Suzanne Saunders, photos by Frank D'Amato, OC
Register
We are proud to have protected Orange County K9 Heroes including Anaheim
PD K9 Bruno and Halo and Cisko and Ares and Guenther and Krieger, Cypress
PD K9 Sem, Fullerton PD K9 Jax and Mueller and Rotar, Huntington Beach
PD K9 Xavi, Santa Ana PD K9 Puskas, Orange PD K9 Lycan and Manhattan
Beach
PD K9 Bozi (pronounced Bozzi).
We met an Anonymous Angel who donated for West Covina PD K9 Reiko and
came all the way to Orange County Police Canine Association trials to donate
for a second vest.
Friends donated as their birthday present at the request of Pamela Roossin,
co-owner of OC Guns. Thanks
to donations of over $900 we protected more Orange County K9 Heroes.
Come by their store to see their selection and support them collecting
donations to support your local K9 Heroes.
K9 Kisses from Suzanne, K9Armor.com cofounder
and Riverside Sheriff - San Jacinto PD Deputy
Wallace and K9 Kyra. Photo by Rebecca Daugherty
who also donated for a K9 Armor vest.
Thank you Rich Holt
of Greenstone
Materials for donating $900 to give a K9
Armor vest to Riverside Sheriff - San Jacinto
PD K9 Officer Wallace for his new partner K9
Kyra in loving memory of his first K9 partner
Riverside Sheriff K9 Sultan EOW 01-21-2015.
Riverside Sheriff - San Jacinto PD Deputy
Wallace and K9 Kyra. Photo by Rebecca Daugherty
who also donated for a K9 Armor vest.
Owners Patrick and Kay Moody and Assistant Manager Christienne
Hudson and her beautiful family all pitched
in to hold a Raffle with neat prizes and Dog
Wash Charity Day that raised an Amazing $1400.00!
We also met some very generous locals and their very lovable canine
companions and Riverside Sheriff - Temecula
PD Deputies Cramer and K9 Rudy and Corporal
Staat and K9 Astin, came down to shake paws
and get a wash! When K9 Rudy retired, Deputy Cramer
received a K9 Armor vest for his new K9 Kayla.
Thanks also to the kind veterinary experts of VCA
El Rancho Animal Hospital of Temecula who came to show
support and give prizes and the Hot Dog Ladies
who supplied delicious treats for the human
volunteers paid for by the generous Dogtopia
owners.
Thanks to fabulous reporter Kate Brown for her Windsor
Times article which
inspired Windsor residents Paula and Scott Rymer to donate $900
for K9
Scout and another Windsor local Virginia, in loving memory of
her brother, John McKinney that K9 Sasha should also have a
vest. How generous of you and how grateful we are to our lovely
sponsors. The Deputies and their families send nose kisses
of thanks for these police dogs guard the prisons, the streets
and at home, their beloved families.
That allowed us to give a vest, honor our sponsors
and
bring K9 Scout and
Sasha on board.
Hugs from Sonoma Sheriff K9 Sasha
and Scout. Donate on K9Armor.com to protect K9 Sasha (in the
background) who guards the Sonoma County Jail.
Thanks to Sonoma
Sheriff K9 Association & Windsor
Police Chief Chris Spallino for bringing
together a show of support of the magnificent
Sonoma K9 Heroes to present a vest to Windsor
PD K9 Jags thanks to a donation by Windsor
residents Liz Acosta & Stephen
Rios from
Windsor, CA for donating to give a K9 Armor vest
to protect Sonoma Sheriff - Windsor Police
K9 Jags in Loving Memory of her dad, Milpitas
Police Chief Frank Acosta.
In Loving Memory of Milpitas Police
Chief Frank Acosta.
Pictured back row L-R Stephen Rios, Sonoma
Sheriff - Windsor PD Deputy Brian Parks and
Liz Acosta, front row K9 Jags and K9
Armor cofounder Suzanne Saunders
Thanks to the Hawthorne
Police K9 Assoc. for
the honor of protecting your K9 Heroes. Thank
you Victoria Sechrist Boydd for donating with
her sisters $1600 in loving memory of their
mom, Virginia Sechrist.
Daisy, Vicky, Violet and Diana, the Sechrist
Angels who donated in loving memory of their
Mom, Virginia.
Hawthorne PD Officer Galindo and the daughters
of Virginia Sechrist who donated $1600 to
protect the K9 Heroes of Hawthorne. Photo
by Victoria Sechrist Boydd.
Hugs from the beautiful Portofino
Hotel Marina in Redondo
Beach with Suzanne Saunders, K9Armor.com
cofounder
& Hawthorne PD K9 Heroes Officer Galindo & K9 Chicko with
Victoria Sechrist Boydd & Rebecca Daugherty.
K9 Chicko wearing his K9 Armor vest thanks
to a donation In Loving Memory of Virginia
Sechrist from her family, & loving
friends.
Donate
$1800 for two more vests for K9 Heroes
on the Hawthorne PD SWAT Team.
Thank you Napa
Police K9 Unit for the honor of protecting your K9 Heroes with
K9 Armor. Thank you Napa Police Chief Potter
and Lt. Debbie Peecook for inviting us to Napa
PD K9 Rocky's swearing-in ceremony July 28,
2015 at Napa City Hall.
Thank you Napa
Valley Register for this awesome article, click the picture
of Lt. Peecook swearing in Napa PD K9 Rocky with a little help
from his partner, Officer Brett Muratori
Thank you sponsors
Sheri and Thomas Hundley, owners of Spinnaker
Electric in
Napa, for donating to protect Napa Police K9
Rocky.
Napa PD K9 Rocky shakes paws with Thomas Hundley, owner of Spinnaker
Electric to say thank you for donating to K9Armor.com
Napa Police Chief Potter, Thomas and Sheri Hundley of Napa, Napa
PD K9 Rocky & Officer Brett Muratori and K9 Armor
cofounder Suzanne Saunders
Thank you Ms. Maureen O'Donnell of Torrance, for $900.00 to protect
Torrance PD K9 Nico!
Thank you Judy Kline, who happens to be Officer Lara's mother-in-law,
and who encouraged a fundraiser by her students
of Bishop Montgomery High School in Torrance,
CA, for donating $545.50 to help toward protecting
Torrance Police K9 Nemo. We used collections
of donations especially at Christmas to make
up the rest to donate a vest to Officer Lara
for Nemo, the K9 partner he depends on with his
life.
Hugs from Torrance Police Officer Lara and K9
Nemo wearing his bulletproof vest with K9Armor.com
co-founder Suzanne Saunders.
Thank
you Connie Mlynarski, we
will protect three K9 Heroes
and inspire more people to donate to protect
future K9 Heroes
who will need K9 Armor vests.
Thank you beautiful Mission
Inn in Riverside,
for hosting our K9 Armor Vest Presentation
ceremony and providing refreshments in a
quiet, sacred
space in the
Oriental Garden to give these vests in loving
memory of Riverside Sheriff K9 Sultan. Sultan
was shot and killed in Hemet on January 21,
2015.
We
received a donation of $2625 from Connie Mlynarski
for 3 vests in
loving memory of her husband, Robert Mlynarski.
K9 Armor Cofounder Suzanne Saunders, Riverside
PD Officer Dave Taylor with K9 Chacko and
sponsors Connie and daughter Kristina Mlynarski
Thank
you Wells
Fargo Foundation Ms. Sandy Cha Mumper, Vice President, Community Affairs Officer for
$500 in 2015,
and Ruth Ramirez, Oakmont Branch Manager for $750 in 2011.
March 2015 Sandy donated $500 for the K9 Heroes
of Central California from Stockton to Ventura.
We just gave a bulletproof K9 Armor vest to
protect Bishop PD K9 X-ray and we gave ten K9
Armor vests to Stockton PD including one for
their
newest K9 Road Warrior K9 Rex. We are raising
donations for three new Stanislaus County Sheriff
K9 Heroes, honored to have given ten K9 Armor
vests to their K9 Heroes.
In 2011 Ruth donated
for a K9 Armor vest for Sonoma County Sheriff
K9 Axl who gave nose kisses of thanks to Suzanne
Saunders, Co-Founder of K-9 Armor. Many thanks
to Stephen Hall for this excellent photo.
Special thanks to Ruth Ramirez, Oakmont Branch
Manager of Wells Fargo for sponsoring K9 Axl.
Thank you Robert Young & wife
Tracy, who stopped Sonoma County Sheriff Deputy
Mason on the street and offered to sponsor
a K9 Armor vest for K9 Rocky. Then they donated
a second time for K9 Falko. Now in 2014 they
donated $1000 to protect the next K9 Hero who
needs
a K9
Armor vest. Awesome of you! We also donated
bulletproof vests to
Sonoma
Sheriff K9 Heroes Axl, Karl and Yak, who inherited
Axl's
vest
after Axl retired.
Nose kisses from Sonoma Sheriff K9 Rocky &
Suzanne Saunders, K-9 Armor. Photo by Deputy
Mike Mason
Thank you Dr. Gold & Nadya Simon, Veterinary
Assistant at St Helena Veterinary Hospital
for treating our K9 Heroes and donating for
St. Helena PD K9 Djino and Napa County Sheriff
K9 Nash.
Happy
Birthday Savannah Stevens of Cupertino!
Thank
you for your donation
of $195.00
on September 29, 2014, starting with
$110 in 2010 and $80 June 2011 and $135.00 on August 5, 2013. Your donations
in lieu of gifts from your friends, helps
us to succeed protecting
all the K9 Heroes you see in the pictures
that follow on this page. Savannah's mother is
a veterinarian and so we thought you would
appreciate the following collage.
Napa
County Sheriff K9 Nash receiving
a K9 Armor bulletproof vest
Paid for by
his veterinary technician Nadya
Simon and delivered by K9 Armor cofounder
Suzanne Saunders at the St Helena Veterinary
Hospital on Deputy Thompson's
birthday. A fitting tribute with pictures
taken by Dr. Gold's wife who donated together
to protect St. Helena Police K9 Djino.
Thanks
to Savannah in Cupertino and her friends, instead
of a birthday present when she turned nine
years-old, she and her friends made a donation
of $110.00 to help protect all the police dogs
who send nose kisses of thanks! Every year
since then she's raised funds in lieu of a
gift again. What a great example you set for
everyone of
all
ages
around
the world, generosity is a virtue in every
language and the donations from you mean the
gift of life for the K9 Heroes we love!
Order K9 Heroes Shirts and Caps click to open
Rose Borisow web site GraFX.
Thank you Officer Rose!!
Thank you Officer Rose Borisow, for donating
your talents designing these beautiful shirts
and hats.
Purchase a hat or shirt from Rose, and a portion
goes to K-9 Armor!
Thank you again Rose & Nicole Arbelo,
author of K9 Heroes for raising enough donations
to sponsor Kash with your Wish
for a K9 Armor vest for Kash.
Thank you Friends
of WCPD K9s for donating $875.00 for West Covina P.D. K9 Robbie!
Name:
K9 Robbie
Handler of K9 Robbie: Officer Stephen McLean
Dept: West Covina P.D.
Breed: Belgian Malinois
Status: Added October 30, 2013. By October 2014 K9 Robbie
had a vest but we need 2 more.
Donate to protect future West Covina PD K9 Heroes.
Retail for each vest the officers wear is $1300, for officers on
two legs or four.
We give them the same Kevlar ballistic vests for FREE
for all their K9 Heroes.
Every law enforcement police dog in California qualifies for a free
K9 Armor vest.
Every $875 donation protects
the police dog of your choice.
Riverside
County Sheriff K9 Chico. Photo by Deputy Jesse
Deacon.
Deputy Mark Wallace & K9
Sultan, Riverside County Sheriff & San
Jacinto Police
Thank you Todd & Judy Zervas for donating
$1750 in December 2013 for two Riverside County
K9
Heroes.
Deputy Mark Wallace has been with the Riverside
County Sheriff’s Department for eight
years and has worked at the Indio Jail and
the Hemet and San Jacinto Patrol Stations.
While working for the Sheriff’s Department,
Deputy Wallace has had the opportunity serving
the communities of Valle Vista, Idyllwild,
Anza, and the City of San Jacinto.
Deputy Wallace was the
K9 Handler in San Jacinto with his partner, “Sultan”.
Sultan was a two year old mixed Belgian Malinois
/ German Shepherd from Slovakia. Sultan was
trained to locate hidden articles of evidence
and to apprehend dangerous suspects.
Deputy
Wallace and Sultan patrolled
the City
of San Jacinto from November 2013 to January
21, 2015.
On January
21, 2015 Sultan was shot in
the neck and died soon after at a hospital.
If a K9 Hero takes up the fight to join forces
with Deputy Wallace, and if he needs a different
size vest, we will replace it.
Sultan took the bullet that would have killed
his partner if hit in the same spot.
We salute your sacrifice Sultan, you were
a true K9 Hero.
Our sympathies and prayers to Deputy Wallace.
Suzanne Saunders, K9Armor.com Co-founder, and
Mike and Krista Pennington sponsors of over
10 K9 Armor vests. Photo by Officer Shirley
Sumner for OCPCA.org
Thank
you Stephanie at the Courtyard Marriott in
Anaheim for free parking
& extra
special care. Stephanie supports
the Anaheim PD K9 Team and appreciates we protected
their K9 Heroes. We give K9 Armor vests at
the Orange County Police Canine Association
yearly K9 Benefit Show at Anaheim Glover Stadium.
Click "Marriott" to
make a reservation at any Marriott Hotel.
In loving memory of Dakobe
Many
thanks to Mike and Krista Pennington of Foothill
Ranch.
Their first donation of $1750 protected
Anaheim PD K9 Cisko and Huntington Beach PD
K9 Xavi
with
K-9
Armor bulletproof vests.
Another big thank you for a second donation
of $1750 for Anaheim PD K9 Ares and Orange
PD K9 Lycan.
2012 the Amazing Penningtons donated another
$500 directly to Orange County Police Canine
Assoc. for their program and all the good
things they do for their police dogs, and
another generous donation of $1750 for Anaheim
PD K9 Guenther and Fullerton PD K9 Mueller.
2013 our Superhero Sponsors
returned and thank you Mike for taking
a picture of Anaheim PD K9 Bruno, whose K-9
Armor vest was sponsored
by
another angel,
Carol Dunn.
Mike & Krista
donated another $1750 for Anaheim PD K9 Krieger,
the final police dog to need a vest on the
Anaheim K9 Unit, and for Cypress PD K9 Sem.
2014 our Angels the Penningtons donated
for three K9 Heroes.
2015 they made a pledge for two
more Orange County K9 Heroes.
You are so generous,
thank you angels Krista and Mike!
Read this beautiful note, the first time
we heard from them,
"We would like 1 vest to be donated
in our name and the other to be donated
as a memorial to our Akita Dakobe.
Thanks again for all that you do !
Mike & Krista Pennington"
Pictured left to right, Huntington Beach PD
Officer Ricci and K9 Xavi, OCPCA former President
Irvine PD Officer Bob Smith, K9 Armor Co-founder
Suzanne
Saunders, Sponsors and local residents of Orange
County, Krista and Mike Pennington and Anaheim
PD Officer Bonczkiewicz
with K9
Cisko at the OCPCA Annual K9 Benefit Show 2011
at Glover Stadium, Anaheim, CA and (far right)
Cisko wearing his new, K-9 Armor vest!
Thanks to continuous and generous donations
by the Penningtons they have provided over ten
bulletproof vests to Orange County Police
Dogs!
Orange PD Officer Gutierrez with K9 Lycan, Krista & Mike
Pennington who generously donated for six vests,
Fullerton PD Officer Miller with K9 Mueller,
K-9 Armor Co-Founder Suzanne Saunders, OCPCA
Pres. Bob Smith and Huntington Beach PD Officer
Ricci
with
K9
Xavi.
Photo by Gar Travis
of http://www.garphoto.com/
Thank you Dr. Gold & Nadya Simon, Veterinary Assistant at St
Helena Veterinary Hospital for treating our
K9 Heroes and donating for St. Helena PD K9
Djino and Napa County Sheriff K9 Nash.
St Helena PD K9 Djino gives K9 Armor Cofounder Suzanne
Saunders a
kiss for his
bulletproof
vest.
Napa County Sheriff K9 Nash and Deputy Thompson
Thank you Ladies Auxiliary of the VFW (Veterans
of Foreign Wars) for sponsoring Sonoma PD
K9 Dickie.
Sonoma PD Officer Jeff Sherman and K9 Dickie
showing off his K-9 Armor vest donated by
the Ladies Auxiliary of VFW Sonoma
Photo by Sonoma
Index Tribune
Sonoma PD K9 Dickie gives k9
kisses to K-9 Armor co-founder Suzanne Saunders.
Thank you Ladies Auxiliary for your motto and
this donation to honor the dead by protecting
the living. God Bless All K9 Heroes.
Sonoma PD K9 Dickie gives k9
kisses to K-9 Armor co-founder Suzanne Saunders.
Photo by Sonoma P.D. Officer Jeff Sherman.
Sonoma PD K9 Dickie
Thank you Jeffrey Mullins
for $3400 & $1750
& $1750 & $3000.00
You are a true Champion for our K9 Heroes
xxx
Thank you Jeffrey Mullins for another $3500 December 2014 and $1750
in December 2013 and $1750 December 2012 for
two Stockton K9 Road Warriors and $3000 in
2011 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. This generous donation will
cover another four K9 Heroes. Each vest we
order for the next local K9, we make
sure to put your donations to work for your
home turf to protect those who protect us!
K-9 Armor covers all the magnificent police dogs of California
with the only police standard quality bulletproof
vests covering the body, the belly, and the
chest with the heart that beats true
with NIJ-certified Kevlar® at wholesale
cost, each vest worth over $2000.
Richmond PD K9 Nero received a K-9 Armor bulletproof vest thanks
to Jeff Mullins!
K-9 Armor is proud to protect CHP K9 Dax
Thank you Dr Craig & Jennifer
Eastwood for donating $250 on behalf of your
family.
We gladly mailed receipts and Christmas cards to the
following people with great appreciation to:
Jerry & Zona, Brian, Glenna, Elaine, Jerrod, John & Melissa
and daughters Angela & Sarah!
Jennifer
and Craig moved from California to San Antonio,
Texas. They have family and friends across the
country to the East Bay and West Hollywood, California,
we thank all the Eastwood family and friends
for their generous gifts.
Thank you Mike & Linda Hirabayashi for $875 January 1, 2014 for making
it possible to protect Zeus who waited a year.
We make no profit from our fundraising, every dollar goes toward
the next vest to a California police dog, everything
we do is out of love for these K9 Heroes.
Every police dog
protected is another victory for K9 Armor.
God Bless All K9 Heroes and the people who love and help protect
them xxx
Thank you Mr Bill Cunningham, Pres/CEO
Santa Ana Police Foundation for contacting us
through Facebook to request a K9 Armor vest for
Santa Ana
PD K9 Puskas (pictured right).
Thanks to generous sponsors who donated to the
Santa Ana Police Foundation, K9 Puskas will receive
a life-saving, K9 Armor bulletproof vest!
Thank you so much Law Enforcement Today for
the article, click the image above to read & to
artist Rose Borisow GraFX for this beautiful
shirt, which you can buy on http://teespring.com/k9support donating
a portion of profits to K-9 Armor. Love the dual
foot prints
showing
protect
the
K9 & you protect his partner. Each bulletproof
vest costs $875 to protect the dogs who lay down
their lives to protect us. God Bless All K9 Heroes!
Many thanks to K-9 Unit -
A Mobile Dog Boutique
March 2013: Mobile Boutique brought in donations
of $10 and $20 for $30 total, it all adds
up!
Thank you owner Samantha and her daughter
who makes the jewelry, for wanting to help
protect our local K9 Heroes!
Look for their Mobile Store pictured
here, offering K9 Treats and Jewelry in San
Francisco and events around the Bay Area.
Thanks to Rose Borisow GraFX for
creating & donating a portion of profits
for sales of her K9
Heroes shirt worn by Suzanne Saunders, donating
a bulletproof
K9 Armor vest to San Pablo PD K9 Shadow. Thanks
to Renee Bowler for sponsoring Shadow & Nicole
Arbelo, Author of K9
Heroes & her fans on Facebook who helped
us vest three K9 Heroes.
.
San Pablo PD K9 Heroes Shadow & Officer Niemi
with K-9 Armor Cofounder Suzanne Saunders. We
also donated vests for San Pablo PD K9 Heroes Argos, Ivan & Tango. In the background
El Cerrito PD Officer Josh del Prado, we donated a bulletproof K9 Armor vest
for
his K9
King.
When
King
passed
away
his new
K9
Hero fit the
vest perfectly and carries on the good fight. Photo by CHP Sgt Romano, we
donated a K9 Armor vest for K9 Heroes Becks & Dax
Hugs from Suzanne Saunders, K-9 Armor Cofounder
& San Pablo PD K9 Heroes Shadow & Officer
Niemi. Photo by CHP Sgt Romano
Thanks to Renee Bowler for donating in Loving Memory
of Brody & Mia
Thank you San Francisco 49ers
for the signed football
We sold on eBay to Carol Dunn, who sponsored
eight K9 Heroes including Anaheim PD K9 Bruno.
Bless you Carol!
February 2nd, 2013 Our Valentine Photography
Event at Deerfield Winery was a success thanks
to Pawpawrazzi
Pet Photography by Anne Mary Schaefer
for photography sessions with Trinity
County
Sheriff
K9 Johnny & clients who
donated to K-9 Armor. Thanks to Nicole Arbelo
for her Causes Wish raising donations
on her facebook page with fans of K9
Heroes.
Trinity County Sheriff Deputy Trujillo and
K9 Johnny giving K9 Kisses to Suzanne Saunders
for his K9 Armor vest paid by donations
from Nicole Arbelo and K9 Heroes fans.
Photo by Anne Mary Schaefer of Pawpawrazzi
Pet Photographyat
the beautiful Deerfield
Winery
Saturday, September 10, 2011 Thanks to
everyone who came down to the Release Party
of "Running Dog Red" helping us raise $70
and shake paws with Walker, Deerfield's beloved
winery
dog,
and
all of his friends to taste his new wine
and have a DOGgone good time.
Thanks to Bill Klein and Addison and Nick
and all the great staff for helping support
local dog organizations: K9 Armor, Guide
Dogs for the Blind, healthy dog treats from
Ramekins with lots of yummy human food and
we witnessed dog agility skills hosted by
Tails-a-Waggin.
We donated a vest to Trinity
County Sheriff K9 Johnny, our K9 Armor co-founder
Suzanne Saunders wore a 49ers shirt from T&B
Sports in San Rafael, to thank our local
Super Bowl Champion team for their support.
Watch our premiere
video and download the song, many thanks to
the creator of this film made by Nicole Arbelo,
author of the best-selling
book "K9
Heroes" with an original song written
and performed by K9 Armor Co-founder, Suzanne
Saunders with 100% of the profits going to
K-9 Armor to give bulletproof vests to the
those who lay down their lives to protect us.
Click here to download the iTune Single -
I Carry You in My Heart by K9 Armor:
Nicole helped raise enough
for three vests on Facebook and our PayPal
web
site
button. We gave two
vests to the Stanislaus County Sheriff K9 Unit
dedicated
to fallen
SCSO Deputy Robert Paris killed in the line
of duty in April 2012, and in loving memory
of
Spc Cody
Moore, who died in 2010 while serving in
the Army. Thank you to
all
the
generous
sponsors we raised enough
to give a K9 Armor bulletproof vest to
K9 Sam and Smoke and now we raised enough
for Trinity County Sheriff K9 Johnny.
If you are a K9 Heroes fan reading this then
you are Pawsome People!
Suzanne
Saunders holds the K9 Armor bulletproof vest
for Stanislaus County Sheriff K-9 Sam. Nicole
Arbelo holds her book K9 Heroes, her facebook
fans helped raise the money to purchase the vest
for Sam, held by Deputy Marcia Matos. Photo by
KCRA Ch3 Modesto.
Click the book cover to view K9 Heroes on
Facebook.
Thank you Nicole for making a Wish come true
for Stanislaus
County Sheriff K9 Sam. Nicole's
Wish for Sam on Facebook raised $735.00
and another $285 in donations to our web site.
Thank you Kathy Hinds, Pres of MA Vest-A-Dog for donating cash and your time spent giving tips and liaison for other charities like ours in other States. Follow the Vest-A-Dog logo to see a list of other charities that give bulletproof vests.
Stanislaus County Sheriff K9 Sam gives K9 Kisses
to Suzanne Saunders, K9 Armor Co-Founder, photo
by Karen Introcaso for K9 Armor
In loving memory
of David Cutler, who donated for six K9 Armor
bulletproof vests to protect the
Stockton PD K9 Road Warriors. David donated in
memory of his friend, Howard Stoltz, Placer County Sheriff
Search & Rescue Volunteer with his K9 Scout.
Thanks to returning sponsors
Jeffrey Mullins for donating $1750 and Carol
Dunn for also donating $1750 we were able to protect
the entire team of Stockton PD K9 Road Warriors!
Nose kisses to sponsor Carol Dunn from K9Armor.com
and Stockton PD K9 AJ
Thank you sponsor Carol Dunn from K9Armor.com
and Stockton PD K9 Jett
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.
Thank you Carol Dunn for donating $1750 to protect
Rohnert Park PD K9 Kimo and Stanislaus
County Sheriff K9 Max and another $875 to protect
Stanislaus
County Sheriff K9 Joker. Carol grew up with
Deputy Robert Paris, whom she called "Bobby." He
was a Paramedic before he became a Stanislaus
County Deputy and she wanted to honor his memory
with a bulletproof vest to a Stanislaus Sheriff
K9. We covered all the police dogs on Stanislaus
County
Sheriff
K9 Unit, but for two dogs Max and Joker faced
bullets without a vest until Carol came to the
rescue.
When Carol first donated she asked
the
next
vest go to the police dog most in need. Rohnert
Park PD K9 Kimo had waited years for a sponsor.
When we checked if he still faced bullets without
a vest, the answer was "Kimo is in desperate
need of a K9 Armor vest." Thanks to Carol
for vesting K9 Heroes Kimo and Max and Joker.
Later Carol donated again and again for Stockton
PD K9 AJ & Kaos.
Bless you Nicole and Carol, and God Bless All K9
Heroes.
A portion of profits from sales of this beautiful
graphic are donated to K9 Armor as a Memorial
to Deputy Robert Paris by Rose
Borisow. Visit her site http://www.roseborisowgrafx.com/ for more amazing artwork.
Rose also sent us giant poster-size prints to
give to the Stanislaus County Sheriff and one
to Nicole Arbelo of K9 Heroes, for raising the
funds to protect K9 Sam. Rose created
these
works of
art in memory of Deputy Robert Paris, EOW April
12, 2012.
Thank you David
Cutler of Rocklin, for $2000 and $3500 to protect
the K9 Heroes of Stockton Police Dept.
In Loving
Memory of his friend Placer County Sheriff's
Search &
Rescue Volunteer Howard "Goofy" Stoltz
We are so grateful for a 2nd donation of
$3500 by the amazing Freda B Runyon Foundation
to protect
four more K9 Heroes!
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 Unit Handler Andy Greiner
and K9 Wolfie.
Thank you Jasmine Viel & Marc Cota-Robles
(Marc pictured background) of Central Coast
News KION, KCBA for hosting The Policeman's
Ball of Monterey and Jasmine for taking this
awesome picture.
Thanks to Gloria Jelladian,
owner of JelladianArt.com Artist & Photographer
and owner of AutoArtGallery in Carmel.
Great appreciation to owner Joy for accommodations at the beautiful, Mariposa
Inn:
Thank
you Jesse Robichaud of Yosemite
Bicycles for donating $875 to sponsor Sonoma
County Sheriff K9 Karl!
Sonoma County Sheriff K9 Karl
Thank
you Michael Prichard, owner of Novato Video Transfer!
Mike gave his time and expertise to transfer
a 20 year-old cassette to make
our
iTune.
Visit his store at 925 Sherman
Novato, CA 94947
(415) 892-8165
Click above to open J International Media
Library of Videos.
Thank
you so much TV producer and film star Johnnie
Burrell, for featuring
K-9 Armor at Pet Pride Day 2009 on his SF TV show that resulted in $150
in donations immediately after the show!
Click left to open his library of videos
and pick Pet Pride Day or click here to view
the TV Broadcast of K-9 Armor at Pet Pride
Day in San Francisco 2009.
TV Broadcast of K-9 Armor at Pet Pride
Day
In Loving Memory of CHP Officer
Ben Lis and his German Shepherd, Luke we
are honored to protect CHP K9
Becks
and K9 Dax!
In lieu of flowers, please send a donation
on Ben's behalf for his love of dogs, especially
German Shepherds and his dedication as a California
Highway Patrol officer to... K9 Armor!"
Thank you so much,
- The Lis Family
In Memory of CHP Officer Ben Lis (1940-2011)
and K9 Luke
K-9 Armor is proud to protect CHP K9 Dax
Thank you Richmond resident Ginger
Cava for an amazing $750 to cover El Cerrito
PD K9 King pictured above with El
Cerrito PD Officer Leone and K9 King, and
another $750 with family and friends Candy
Permillion and Ellen Soohoo to protect
California Fish and Game K9 Kilo!
Thanks for every donation by El Cerrito,
Oakland, Richmond and San Pablo residents
following us on our K-9
Armor facebook page to see comments and
names of those who donate. The safest, fastest
way to pay with Paypal gives you an instant
receipt to K-9 Armor for your tax-deductible
donation!
Donate here to protect the next K9 with
a bulletproof vest in loving memory of anyone
you love on two legs or four!
California
Department of Fish and Game Warden Paul Cardoza
and K9 Kilo
Also Collecting
Cash for K9 Heroes, Artist Sally
T. has created a custom Life In A Locket for
us.
We have received $130 in donations a portion
of profits to K9 Armor. Sally's daughter also
promotes
our
page
on
her Military Wife facebook and Blog WifeMomWorkLife.
Thank you Sally and your family and beautiful
LifeinaLocket
helping us protect our K9 Heroes!
U.S. Park Police Officer Pat Smith & K-9 Hunter
at Bark in the Park 2004.
Thank
you to Bark in the Park for allowing us stage
time, and thank you awesome! Kristina "Tina" Warvi
and her husband, Eric, owners of Paws
Place who donated a whole
K-9 ARMOR vest for Hunter on July 2, 2004,
Many thanks to Eric and Tina
Warvi of Paws
Place for helping us raise $46 at Taste
of Morgan Hill 2011 and $110 at Bark in the
Park 2011, $97 in 2010, $78 in 2009, $145
in 2007,
$107
in
2006,
$105 in 2005 and who donated a whole vest
for U.S. Park Police K-9 Hunter in 2004.
Bark in the Park where thousands of dogs bring their Best
Friend, to Naglee Park in San Jose, CA.
Thanks
again to K-9 Armor's interview by Suzanne Lavalee
on
her
SB Newsletter which featured us in her July
issue bringing
us kind
sponsors. We received donations
from Dr Gold of St Helena Veterinary Hospital
for St Helena PD K9 Djino and two readers from
Richmond who sponsored Richmond PD's next
K9
and
bulletproof
vests to San Pablo PD donated thanks to our
sponsors.
Thanks to Linda of Richmond who also donated
for Richmond
PD
K9 Ranger to wear a K-9 Armor bulletproof
vest in loving memory
of
her Akita,
Kashi.
Thanks to Linda of Richmond for sponsoring
Ranger in loving memory of her Akita, Kashi
and to Linda and Janet of El Sobrante for donating
again for Richmond PD's next K9 in training
you ladies rock!
Thank you generous sponsors from
El Sobrante, Berkeley, Foster City and San
Rafael we provided a free bulletproof K9 Armor
vest
for
San Pablo PD K9
Tango!
Thank
you Suzanne Lavalee, Editor of SB Newsletter for
your awesome article bringing us sponsors
for these police dogs!
Thank
you Petaluma PD K9 Sergeants Ed Crosby and
Mark Hunter for inviting us
every year to
The Petaluma Police K-9 Trials
Thank you so much we raised $110.00 in 2011
and thank you to the Falkenbergs for a generous
donation of
$200
and Amy Feezell
for $100 in 2010 and to the Tallericos who
donated an amazing $750 for Richmond PD K9
Rasp, and Ruth Ramirez donated $750 for Sonoma
SO K9 Axl, both dogs received vests! Every
year we add police dogs to protect as
they
come from all over California to compete.
They are all Champions!
SFCCPD Officer Joey
Fiscal, K9 Aries and K9 Armor CoFounder Suzanne
Saunders
photo by Steve Hall
A very
special Thank You to Petaluma PD K9 Sergeants
Ed Crosby and Mark Hunter for inviting us every
year from 2005-2010 to their K-9 Trials where
we
raised
the money and met the dogs we needed to find
who came from all over California to meet,
shake paws, and compete for Top Dog. Over the
years. we accomplished so much protecting 32
police dogs with free K-9 Armor vests because
of generous people who donated to help protect
the brave, beautiful police dogs of California.
Petaluma PD K9 Kilo competed for top dog
at the Sonoma Sheriff K9 Trials and his biggest
little fan came to cheer! Her Dad depends
on his K9 partner with his life on the job
and at night he guards the family, she wants
her Dad and Kilo to
come
home safe
every night but only one of them had a vest
until YOU donated for Kilo thank you to all
our Sponsors!
Thank you Dogfather for offering
discounts to law dogs!
Discounts for Senior Citizens,
Military, Law Enforcement, Firefighters and
Teachers!
If you fall into any of the above categories
call us at (707) 595-3280
and inquire about your
Dogfather discount!
Photo by Doug Wyllie, Sr Editor PoliceOne Magazine
Thank you PoliceOne Magazine Senior
Editor Doug Wyllie, for your interview of Suzanne
Saunders, K-9 Armor Co-Founder, Treasurer and
Webdiva
with
Michael
Levy, Founder of Pet Food Express which held
a fund raiser
July
18,
2009
for retired K-9 Veterinary Care and for K-9
Armor bulletproof vests for police dogs.
Click
the picture below of PoliceOne Magazine Senior
Editor Doug Wyllie to read his
excellent article on the NIJ Standard for level
.06 Kevlar
Many thanks to sponsors for
San Pablo PD K9 Argos
Michael T for a generous $350
and to CARDA CA Rescue
Dog Assoc. for $400
Follow the link to their site by clicking the pictures of their amazing work!
Many
thanks to CARDA CA
Rescue Dog Assoc. for $400 toward Richmond
PD K9 Unit and gathering supporters to protect
the police dogs with K-9 Armor bulletproof
vests. They are helping us reach the right
people because that is their expertise!
San Pablo PD K9 Argos
El Cerrito PD K9 King, photo by El
Cerrito Patch read the terrific article!
Thanks to James Lindfors for $750 to K-9
Armor to protect Richmond PD K9 Ronin!
Richmond PD K9 Ronin with hugs from Suzanne
Saunders, K-9 Armor
Thank you Richmond PD for linking to us
on facebook as a Favorite, here is a link
to their excellent facebook page where all
these amazing Richmond residents found us,
stay tuned for pictures which police dog
wears
the next
bulletproof
vest
thanks
to YOUR donation
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!
Richmond PD K9 Bosco
gives kisses to Suzanne Saunders, K-9 Armor
for his new bulletproof vest thanks to a donation
by the Freda B Runyon Foundation
Thank
you Chris and Karen Tallerico for $750
protecting Richmond
PD K9 Rasp!
At the
Petaluma 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.
Pictured left, 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.
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Many
thanks to Dennis
Lines of Century 21 M&M for donating
$3250 providing K-9 Armor vests for the
Stanislaus Sheriff K-9 Unit. Visit his site
for great
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Santa Clara, San Benito, San Mateo, Alameda,
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and Napa Counties!
Lynda
Ellingson of Cupertino for $500!
February
2011, just as we promised to raise as much
as we can to help protect the dogs hitting
the streets without a bulletproof vest, Lynda
sent us a check for an amazing $500.
Many thanks again to Jim and all the fine
staff at
Canidae Pet Foods for sponsoring the Bark in the Park in San
Jose California,
and the Horse Expo in Sacramento, California!
The
Freda B Runyon Foundation for $3500.00!
El Dorado County Sheriff
Canine Troy
A special Thank You to Richmond PD K9 Sergeant
Mitch Peixoto pictured right, who allowed
his K9 Officers to come to shake paws at
events to help us raise money, and to attend
trials where they compete and demonstrate
how they protect the community.
Thanks
to the Freda B Runyon Foundation donation of
$3500 in August 2010 we ordered 4 vests! Thank
you Sharon and the Board of Directors of the
Freda B Runyon Foundation!
They designated $500 for El Dorado County
Sheriff Canine Troy, $1500 for 2 lucky Richmond
PD canines and $750 for CHP, with the $500
left over for K-9 Armor to continue to give
a free vest to every police dog in California,
who all send nose kisses of thanks.
Richmond PD 2010 K9
Unit
Linda
and Rob March for $750!
Many
nose kisses of thanks to Linda and Rob of San
Jose, who donated $750 in August 2010 for all the
police dogs. What a generous gift to the beautiful
dogs who give their lives to protect us, and
all we can do is give thanks for your generosity!
Thanks
to Bob and Amanda at Animal Naturals for the box
of Go Dog samples and water bottles we gave
as thank you gifts to dozens of kids at the
Petaluma PD K9 Trials 2010,
so
generous!
Click the picture left to visit their web site
they also sell animal products for cats,
dogs and horses. At the end of the last
K9 Trials of the year we
gave the extra samples to Petaluma Animal Shelter
who brought pets to the K9 Trials needing homes
and thirsty for Go Dog thanks and tail wags!
The
Barry Family Foundation $750.00!
Thank
you so much Brad Barry, for your generous donation
from your Family Foundation of $750 to start 2010!
K-9 Armor is funded only by donations from
kind people like you and your support means
the world to us!
Thanks
to the Western
States Horse Expo in Sacramento, CA June 11-13,
2010 we raised $180 and added El Dorado
County Sheriff K9 Troy to the K-9 Armor pack.
We also met amazing people who depend on service
dogs that heal, search and rescue, track and
if police dogs, face poachers and robbers with
guns. We gave a vest to K9 Troy by February
2011, and look forward to attending future
Expos
to show and tell.
Thousands of Horse Lovers flooded the Sacramento
Expo Center to the first
Dog Expo Pavilion to help our canine working
dogs show their stuff and raise some cash for
good causes.
Shop
- Sell - Donate
Click the eBay GivingWorks logo to help
us raise cash for police canines! This is
your chance to help us protect those who
lay down their lives to protect us.
ebay
Community Sellers list their products in the
GivingWorks section of the eBay web site where
part of the profits benefit tax-deductible
charities including K-9 Armor. Donate a portion
of your sales and attract more customers with
the special charity ribbon logo.
We will gladly
add a link to your web site here on our Sponsors
page to say thank you if you choose to add an item
to auction and donate a portion to help save
the police dogs..
1345 Fourth St, San Rafael, CA 94901
415-453-2433
and 1250 Mendocino Avenue, Santa Rosa, CA 95401
707-544-2433
Many
thanks to Anthony for doing a great job on
our
K-9 Armor uniform shirts and bulletproof vest
side panels to silkscreen our logo, on all
the vests. Brand Impression helps to
generate
donations
and
guide
police
dog handlers by advertising our name with a
quality product that sets the
standard of excellence.
Thanks also to owner Jeff who approved a discount
so we only pay $12 a pair to help our overhead
costs!
Thank
you Dr Chris Flowers for this excellent video
posted on YouTube!
This promotion from 2009 helps describe the
need for bulletproof vests for these K9 Heroes.
We also helped promote the good work of the
WSPCA including medical benefits for retired
K9 Heroes.
Many congratulations to all the K9 Heroes who
received a bulletproof vest from donations by
Pet Food Express to the WSPCA.
Thanks
to Diana, owner of Pet Nannies Plus who donated
$200!
She provides cat sitting, dog walking, injections
of medicine, transport to vet and groomer appointments.
She loves animals and animals love her!
Call her for prices and availability, covering
Marin County and surrounding areas.
K-9 Armor started in 2003 in
Marin County, and attended the County Fair
Public Safety Fun Zone sponsored by the Marin
County Sheriff's Office from 2004-2009. During
those years we raised enough for bulletproof
vests that K-9 Armor gave for free to Marin
Sheriff K9 Verona and Terry, to SF Park Police
K9 Hunter and Tref, to Novato PD K9 Raven and
Kyto, to Fairfax PD K9 Boss, to Petaluma PD
K9 Rico and Kilo and to Richmond PD K9 Arrow.
Every one of those police dogs came to the
Fair to shake paws with hundreds of children.
Many heartfelt thanks to Deputy
Evan Hughes for 6 years helping us protect
those who lay down their lives to protect us!
Many thanks to Deputy Karen Wofford
for providing a return link to our site from
the official County web site, click the logo
or the Marin County Sheriff star.
Thanks to Vavadog for providing
clothing and gifts to all contestants
and to Rex at
Star Universe for bringing his
Spokesdog Jenny to model our K-9
ARMOR vest.
Star
Universe
A Non-Profit Corporation
Invited K-9 Armor to their
Hounds & Gowns
Pet Fashion Show
August 17, 2006
At the Amazing Rogue Ales Public
House
673 Union at Powell
San Francisco, CA
Thanks Conrad, Dan, Breanne and
the whole pet-friendly staff at
Rogue!
Oakland County, MI
Sheriff's Department K-9 Unit
Thanks
to an angel who prefers not to advertise a
business
or publish her name, we salute you for donating
a whole vest to Oakland County, MI Sheriff's
Department to their K-9 Rudy in 2006.
Thanks
so much to Sebastopol Community Center for donating
$440 June 12, 2006 from their Dog Obedience
Class. Thank them by attending their excellent
classes, click their logo to visit their site.
MODESTO DUCATI and MODESTO
H-D
1408 Carpenter Rd, Modesto, CA 95351
Tel.: 209 578-1330
Thank
you Modesto Ducati and Modesto Harley Davidson
for purchasing a whole K-9 Armor vest for the
Stanislaus Sheriff K-9 Unit!
Visit their dealership for the best bikes in
Modesto!
Thanks
to Chevys Restaurants in Novato and Greenbrae,
CA. February 17, 2005 we appeared at both locations
with a K-9 to shake paws with many happy kids
and generous people who helped us raise $600
for Novato P.D. K-9 Raven.
Many thanks to Marsha Monro and Gena Egelston
of the Westin St. Francis on Union Square
in San Francisco.
$225.00 Retail, we donated this
pillow to Vallejo P.D. who auctioned this
pillow at the 2004 K-9 Trials Event.
The trials are held every year in
memory of Officer Jeff Azur and his K-9 both
killed in the line of duty.
Feb 19, 2004 - San Rafael, CA,
Macy*s at Northgate Mall sponsored K-9 ARMOR
Day for Employees only. Macy*s allows employees
to select K-9 Armor to donate a portion of their
salary every month.