K-9 ARMOR wishes to thank our Sponsors

Banner Uniform

Banner Uniform sells these vests to us for just above wholesale, to help us put your hard-earned donations to provide the best quality at the best price. Every $875 buys a bulletproof vest worth $1200 retail!

Suzanne Saunders, K-9 Armor Co-Founder, Treasurer and Webdiva thanks Jason Worth, President of Banner Uniform for these K-9 Armor bulletproof vests cut from the same Kevlar® bulletproof cloth as their human partners, covering all the vital organs. All K9 Handlers wear NIJ 0101.06 Type III-A and their vest covers all the vital organs. If their K9 is wearing K-9 Armor, they wear the same level of protection.

Thanks to Jason Worth, President of Banner Uniform, distributors of Point Blank Body Armor for allowing us to purchase the KEVLAR® vests NIJ type IIIA, fitted to each dog including patches for their department, the vital organs all protected by three bulletproof panels. Thank you Banner Uniform and Point Blank Body Armor for helping us protect all the police dogs of California.

K-9 Armor promises all our vests are minimum standard and always have been, set by National Institute of Justice (NIJ) currently level IIIA, level three stops a .44 slug, 7 times bigger bullet than older type II. All Handlers are wearing minimum type IIIA (three A) and we believe the police dogs deserve the same quality and protection, our vests also cover all the vital organs, with arm holes for four legs instead of two.

K-9 Armor receives this incredible price less than half of the $1200 departments pay retail to provide armor for these brave canines and they are forced to settle for less expensive mesh underneath and level two on only two panels protecting the back and chest but not the abdomen. Thank you Jason and Kent and all the staff at Banner Uniform and Claudette at Point Blank Body Armor, the manufacturer of the underbelly Type IIIA for dogs, for granting us the best price to protect all the dogs with the best in body armor.

Click each link below for a receipt showing the value we bring to each department.

Click dates below to see K9 Armor vest receipts.

January 26, 2011 for El Dorado Sheriff, Sonoma Sheriff, Richmond PD and CHP

March 21, 2011 for Dept of Fish & Game, Richmond PD, El Cerrito PD and Vallejo PD

April 2011 our special price off $1200 retail
went up from $695 to $745 plus sales tax.

September 30, 2011 for Richmond PD, San Pablo PD, St Helena PD and CHP

November 07, 2011 for Anaheim PD and Huntington Beach PD

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

2. K-9 Armor qualifies as the only California State Non Profit Public Benefit Charity dedicated to bulletproof vests for police dogs. Public Benefit means we do not exclude, we charge no membership, and we are exempt from paying income tax to the IRS who sponsors us as the only Charity. That means we receive no benefit and make no profit in protecting every law enforcement dog in California. There are those who make a profit from the sale of the police dog for $10,000, to training the police dog another $10,000, to medical and food and supplies ongoing costs, membership fees for K9 Associations and Trial entrance fees. When fundraisers profit they also pay over 30% income tax out of those donations. They do good things but your donations go in different directions except with K-9 Armor where it all goes to bulletproof vests.

3. K-9 Armor promises all our vests meet the same Kevlar NIJ Standard .06 level Type IIIA as their handler.

4. All K-9 Armor vests protect all the vital organs, made by Point Blank with three panels of type three Kevlar, to protect the tummy!

5. We believe all the police dogs deserve nothing less than their handler, nothing less than K-9 Armor!

K-9 Armor is honored to appear in a video made by Nicole Arbelo, author of K9 Heroes. Watch this moving tribute to Police and Military Purple Heart K9 Teams and K-9 Armor. We are humbled by such company and ask your help making our dream come true, a bulletproof K9 Armor vest on every police dog.

Click the book cover to view K9 Heroes, the book by Nicole Arbelo.

No part of the sale of her book goes to K9 Armor but she helped bring thousands of new viewers to educate the public about our Charity with her video. Publishing a link to purchase her book is our way of saying thank you for sponsoring us with her priceless tribute.

Pictured left to right, Huntington Beach PD Officer Ricci and K9 Xavi, OCPCA 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!

Thank you OCPCA President 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

K-9 Armor needs 40 vests for Orange County dogs and covered Huntington Beach PD K9 Xavi and Anaheim PD K9 Cisko thanks to a generous donation of $3500 by the Penningtons!

Thank you Morning News Team of KTLA in Los Angeles for promoting K9 Armor protecting 40 police dogs for the OCPCA in October 2011.

Thanks to another generous donation by the Penningtons we can provide a Matching Fund, for $1750 we can provide four more vests to Orange County Police Dogs!

In Loving Memory of CHP Officer Ben Lis and his German Shepherd, Luke we are honored to protect CHP K9 Becks and K9 Dax! 20 more Highway Patrol police dogs need K9 Armor.

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 Dr Gold, St Helena Veterinary Hospital for sponsoring St Helena PD K9 Djino
(pronounced Chino) to protect him with K9 Armor so he and his partner Officer Peterson can stay safe!!

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 Ginger and her love of Shepherds!

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

Seven more Fish & Game K9's need a K9 Armor bulletproof vest.

Thank you Mike and Linda Hirabayashi and Tucker, for your generous donation of $750 to protect the police dogs of the Bay Area, with a special love of Malinois!

Deerfield Winery

Deerfield Winery
10200 Sonoma Highway, Kenwood, CA 95452

Saturday, September 10, 2011 Thanks to everyone who came down to the Release Party 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.

Come see us in the Paws Place booth at
Bark in the Park, San Jose Sept 17, 2012

Thank you to Bark in the Park for allowing us stage time, awesome! Kristina "Tina" Warvi and her husband, Eric, are the 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. Every year they invite us to share a booth at
Bark in the Park where thousands of dogs bring their Best Friend, to Naglee Park in San Jose, CA.

photo of K9 Tallulah by Suzanne Lavalee

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!

Richmond PD Officer Caine with K9 Ranger thanking Suzanne Saunders, K9 Armor Co-founder

San Pablo PD K9 Tango

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 .

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 as soon as we find a sponsor for $750 for a whole vest!

Click below to open a YouTube Video

See the movie K9 Axl in Action at Sonoma SO K9 Trials and watch for K9 Karl who needs a K9 Armor vest

Sonoma SO K9 Axl competed for top dog, and when he faces bullets he wears a bulletproof K-9 Armor vest thanks to a donation by Wells Fargo Oakmont Branch Manager Ruth Ramirez.

Sonoma County Sheriff K9 Axl received his new vest February 13, 2011 and we give thanks and encourage everyone support their department when they hold K9 Trials, come and cheer on these wonderful 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

Thanks to Steve Hall of Hawkeye Photography who provided a great slideshow of K-9 Armor at the Petaluma PD trials.

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!

Happy Birthday Savannah S of Cupertino for your gift of $110 in 2010 and $80 June 2011 toward all the canines!

Come visit our booth at Bark in the Park, bring your friends on two legs and four, you all deserve hugs and nose kisses from the canines and the people who depend on them, we love this event helps lots of good causes that go to the dogs!

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! Now she's done it again, for her 10th birthday she raised another $80! What a great example you set for everyone of all ages around the world, generosity is a virtue in every language and a gift from you means the world to us!

© Copyright 2011 The Dogfather K9 Connections, LLC. All Rights Reserved thanks to Tim Gooler for Web Design.

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!

No Charge for Medicating!

In loving memory of Dakobe

Many thanks to Mike and Krista Pennington of Foothill Ranch, for $1750 to protect 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 two more beautiful dogs out of the 40 who still need bulletproof vests in Orange County you are so generous, thank you angels Krista and Mike!

Read this beautiful note 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"

Thank you PoliceOne.com for listing K-9 Armor in your web site directory and posting this video.

Photo by Doug Wyllie, Sr Editor PoliceOne Magazine

See the PoliceOne 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 on the picture to launch the video. Thanks so much Senior Editor Doug Wyllie for creating this PoliceOne.com video of K-9 Armor

Click the picture below of PoliceOne Magazine Senior Editor Doug Wyllie to read his excellent article on the NIJ Standard IIIA .06 Kevlar explained in great detail why our heavy-duty K-9 Armor rules!

Click here to read the Police One technical article on NIJ Standard

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

Thank you Jeffrey Mullins for $3000.00!

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. This generous donation will cover another vest 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 abdomen, with Type IIIA at wholesale cost, each vest worth over $1200.

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

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 deals in Real Estate in Monterey, Santa Cruz, Santa Clara, San Benito, San Mateo, Alameda, Contra Costa, Merced, Stanislaus, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Yolo, Placer, San Francisco, Sonoma 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..

The wonderful team at PetSimply.com are gathering votes to give $500 to the charity of your choice, they started a Facebook campaign when 250,000 people "Like" their page, they will donate for a K-9 Armor vest.

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 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

Thank you Dr Chris Flowers for this excellent video posted on YouTube!

Push the Play button to see the video.

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 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.

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.