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K-9 Armor vest and give it FREE to another law enforcement dog.

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California Fish and Game Warden Paul Cardoza and K9 Kilo

Name: Kilo
Handler: Warden Paul Cardoza, California Department of Fish and Game
Breed: Belgian Malinois
Status: Added December 2010, thanks to a generous donation by Ginger Cava before she passed away, we covered K9 Kilo and El Cerrito PD K9 King. We dedicate future vests to Fish and Game to her memory and her love of German Shepherds.

We need Seven more K9 Armor vests for the teams on CA DFG that perform handler protection and tracking across the state, hundreds of police dogs are exposed to bullets and only those with K-9 Armor are fully covered, help us protect them all.

K-9 Armor is proud to protect CHP K9 Becks (pictured left) Photo by John Biehler.

Name: Becks and Dax, California Highway Patrol
Number of Police Dogs: 20
Status: August 2011 K-9 Armor needs 20 vests, we gave a bulletproof K-9 Armor vest to K9 Becks (pictured lower left) and received permission in September 2011 to raise donations for the dogs who still need K9 Armor!

October 2011 we covered K9 Armor vest for K9 Dax and need 20 more!

Name: Karl
Handler: Deputy Sean Jones, Sonoma County Sheriff's Dept.
Breed: Belgian Malinois
Status: August 2011 Sonoma County K9 Karl needs a bulletproof K-9 Armor vest please donate!

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!!

Name: Djino (pronounced Chino)
Handler: Officer Steve Peterson, St Helena PD
Breed: Dutch Shepherd
Status: December 2011 K9 Djino received his bulletproof K-9 Armor vest!

December 29, 2011 we delivered his new K9 Armor vest!

Anaheim PD Officer Bonczkiewicz with K9 Cisko, OCPCA Pres and Irvine PD K9 Officer Bob Smith, K-9 Armor CoFounder Suzanne Saunders presenting a bulletproof K9 Armor vest thanks to sponsors Krista and Mike Pennington, followed by Huntington Beach PD Officer Ricci with K9 Xavi at the Orange County Police Canine Association K9 Benefit Show, October 15, 2011

Anaheim PD K9 Cisko, photo by his partner, Officer Bonczkiewicz

Name: Cisko and Xavi and 40 total police dogs!
Handler: Anaheim PD K9 Cisko, pictured left photo by his partner, Officer Bonczkiewicz
Huntington Beach Police Dept Officer Ricci and K9 Xavi, pictured below
Breed: Czech Shepherd
Status: December 31, 2011 K9 Cisko and K9 Xavi received a bulletproof K-9 Armor vest thanks to a generous donation by Mike and Krista Pennington.

Help us raise donations, thanks to the Penningtons we have enough for two more and we need to give 38 more vests to Orange County!

Huntington Beach PD K9 Xavi with Officer Ricci

Name: Axl
Handler: Deputy Tom McNeil, Sonoma County Sheriff's Dept.
Breed: Belgian Malinois
Status: February 13, 2011 K9 Axl is lucky number 21 to receive a bulletproof K-9 Armor vest

At the Petaluma K9 Trials August 2008 we promised a bulletproof vest to K9 Axl and thanks to Ruth Ramirez, Wells Fargo Oakmont Branch Manager , we received a donation of $750 at the Petaluma PD K9 Trials Aug 7, 2010 for a K-9 Armor vest for Axl.

On February 13, 2011 we delivered his new K-9 Armor bulletproof vest, many thanks to Stephen Hall for his pictures of K9 Axl giving Valentine Kisses to K-9 Armor Cofounder Suzanne Saunders who presented the vest to Axl and his partner, Deputy Tom McNeil.

Richmond PD Officer Joe Avila and K9 Bosco (click to open slideshow) on the right, Richmond PD Officer Mandell and Rasp with Chris and Karen Tallerico.

Names: Bosco and Officer Avila (pictured far left), Arrow and Officer Cantrell, Sabre and Officer Moreno, Maverick and Officer Hembree, and Rasp and Officer Mandell pictured left with Chris and Karen Tallerico.
Dept: Richmond P.D.
Breed: Belgian Malinois
Status: Richmond police dogs are covered but one new dog coming we need 1 more!

We added the whole Richmond PD K-9 Unit in 2006. We supplied one vest to Arrow in 2008 and one to Sabre in 2009, thanks to the Freda B Runyon Foundation for 2 vests for the police dogs who guard the most dangerous city in the Bay Area and then at the Petaluma K9 Trials Aug 7, 2010 we received a donation for a vest for Rasp from Chris and Karen Tallerico in memory of fallen Richmond PD K9 Officer Brad Moody!

Richmond PD K9 Nero with Officer Jeff Hill

Name: Nero
Handler: Officer Jeff Hill
Dept: Richmond P.D.
Breed: Belgian Malinois
Status: March 17, 2011 Thanks to Jeff Mullins for a donation of an amazing $3000 enough to cover Richmond PD K9 Nero pictured left, we covered their whole department.

We added the whole Richmond PD K-9 Unit in 2006. We supplied one vest to Arrow in 2008 and one to Sabre in 2009, thanks to the Freda B Runyon Foundation for 2 vests for the police dogs who guard the most dangerous city in the Bay Area and then at the Petaluma K9 Trials Aug 7, 2010 we received a donation for a vest for Rasp from Chris and Karen Tallerico in memory of fallen Richmond PD K9 Officer Brad Moody!

Check our facebook page for comments and thanks to all donations for each bulletproof vest and update here as we continue to cover all the police dogs of California.

The Magnificent Seven of the Richmond PD K9 Unit!

Richmond PD K9 Ranger, pictured with his handler Officer Caine and Suzanne Saunders, K9 Armor CoFounder

K-9 Armor is proud to protect Richmond PD K9 Ranger, thanks to a donation by Linda Wroth.

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

K-9 Armor is proud to protect San Pablo PD K9 Argos

Names: 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!

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

K-9 Armor is proud to protect San Pablo PD K9 Tango

Name: Troy
Handler: Deputy Daniel Johnson, El Dorado County Sheriff's Dept.
Breed: German Shepherd
Status: Added June 2010. February 2011 K-9 Armor vest number 25 for Troy!

We raised $180 at the Western States Horse Expo Dog Pavilion in Sacramento, CA. A million nose kisses of thanks to Jim at Canidae Pet Foods and the great people at the Horse Expo where we made dozens of new friends we shook paws with many people who donate their time to saving animals that work as service dogs for disabled people, search and rescue dogs and police dogs who lay down their lives for us and the handlers, partners, and people who love them all.

Thanks to a fundraiser for Canine Troy at Starbucks on Missouri Flat Road in Placerville on August 22nd, 2010 we received $600 and a special thanks to Deputy Johnson and Canine Troy came down to shake paws and say thank you to everyone who helped us raise $100 on Facebook, $120 to the web site, and $3500 from the Freda B Runyon Foundation!

They designated $500 for Troy and which of the remaining dogs waiting for a life-saving vest thanks to the generosity of the Freda B Runyon Foundation for their $3500 donation we ordered 4 vests! Thank you Sharon and the Board of Directors of the Freda B Runyon Foundation!

Name: Aries
Handler: Officer Fiscal, San Francisco City College SFCC PD
Breed: Belgian Malinois
Status: K9 Armor will donate a vest in memory of K9 Aries who guards SF City College.

When Aries retires he remains an honored Spokesdog for K9 Armor, one of our earliest supporters and best of the best, Aries competes in the Petaluma PD K9 Trials every year he is a superdog!

Click their picture to open a slideshow of all the beautiful dogs we are helping to save at the Petaluma K-9 Trials Aug 15, 2009.

Officer Fiscal remains and active Police Officer and thanks also to his Chief of Police for allowing us to keep Aries as a Spokesdog advocating these beautiful, brave dogs deserve the same protection as their partners and we thank you for the honor of your support!

Name: Rexx
Handler: Officer Frank Romano, California Highway Patrol
Breed: Belgian Malinois
Status: Rexx passed on after years of dedicated service, his handler Officer Romano began his next partnership with K9 Becks. We received a donation from the Freda B Runyon Foundation for a vest for Becks in 2010, thank you Sharon and the board of directors for the gift of $3500 to cover 4 and a half vests including this one for CHP K9 Becks!

Officer Romano has supported K-9 Armor since 2005 helping us at K9 Events and Trials, Frank dedicates himself on the job and in his free time judges Police K9 Trials throughout California to help set the standard of excellence!

Officer Romano's first K9 Rexx, pictured left, sadly died, March 2008 End of Watch for Rexx.
Rexx and Officer Romano made a public appearance at K-9 Carnival in Healdsburg and we thank them for appearing at the 2005 Marin County Fair, hundreds of children came to shake paws!

Name: Kimo
Handler: Officer Chaz Larson, Rohnert Park Fire and P.D.
Breed: Belgian Malinois
Status: Added June 27, 2009 at the Sonoma County Sheriff K-9 Trials. Kimo is waiting for a K-9 Armor vest.

Kimo is pictured here with Chaz Larson and his family with Suzanne Saunders of K-9 Armor.

Kimo was still growing at only 1 year-old, but he is full grown he is ready for a K-9 Armor vest to go on patrol and face danger.

Name: Mojo The Ruler von Weber
Handler: Officer Scott Tiffany, Vallejo P.D.
Breed: Rottweiler
Status: Added Sept 23rd 2006 on March 17, 2011 thanks to Jeffrey Mullins a generous donation of $3000 to cover four vests including Vallejo's K9 Mojo!

Mojo weighs in at an impressive 105lbs, born April 14, 2001 and certified as a working Police Dog on Februrary 2nd, 2004. Since then he has assisted in the arrest of numerous Bad Guys. Before he faces another gun, help protect Mojo with a donation for a K-9 Armor vest!

Officer Tiffany adopted Officer Jeff Azur's K-9 when both officer Azur and his dog were shot in the line-of-duty. The dog retired because of his injuries but Officer Azur died. Come to the Jeff Azur Memorial Trial every year and donate to save the dogs who survive in his name!

Name: Sabre
Handler: Officer Moreno, Richmond P.D.
Breed: Belgian Malinois
Status: Lucky police dog number 20 Sabre received his K-9 Armor vest at the Petaluma PD K9 Trials Aug 15, 2009.

We added the whole Richmond PD K-9 Unit in 2006. We supplied one vest to Arrow and one to Sabre and received generous grants for the 4 vests for the remaining police dogs who guard the most dangerous city in the Bay Area!

We received $100 for Sabre at the Vallejo P.D. K-9 Trials 2007 where Sabre was a crowd favorite.

July 6, 2008 we finished raising the $750 plus tax needed for a K-9 Armor vest for Sabre.

Name: Terry
Handler: Deputy Dan Marrett, Marin County Sheriff's Dept and Federal ATF
Breed: Golden Labrador
Status: When Verona, our first lucky dog to receive the first K-9 Armor vest, retired and donated her vest to her replacement Terry, he became our 19th success!

Many thanks to Deputy Marrett and Terry for coming to the Marin County Fair 2008 to shake paws and raise money for the cause.

Name: Kilo
Handler: Officer Jason Jucutan, Petaluma P.D.
Breed: Belgian Malinois
Status: Added June 3, 2007 by July 2008 we received a generous donation for a new
K-9 ARMOR vest for Kilo our 18th success!

Many thanks to Officer Page and Rico and Officer Jucutan and Kilo for coming to the Marin County Fair 2008 to shake paws and raise money for the cause.

Thanks to a generous donation by Ellen DeMartini of Petaluma, who donated $700, Petaluma PD K9 Kilo from Ellen's home town of Petaluma received a
K-9 Armor vest!

Name: Lucy
Handler: Deputy Jim Naugle, Sonoma County Sheriff's Dept.
Breed: Black Labrador
Status: Added June 3, 2007 by September we received enough money from Sonoma Permit and Resource Management for a new
K-9 ARMOR vest for Lucy our 17th success! Many thanks to Laurel Putnam of Sonoma Permit and Resource Management for gathering all the money from friends and co-workers to save Lucy!

Lucy works as a Narcotics K-9 for the Sonoma County Sheriff's Dept.

Their K-9 Maverick was shot to death, February 2000. We honor his memory.

Help us save these beautiful, brave dogs who lay down their lives to protect us!

Name: Arrow
Handler: Officer William Cantrell, Richmond P.D.
Breed: Dutch Shepherd
Status: Added September 24, 2005 by July 2007 we raised $700 at the Marin County Fair for a K-9 ARMOR vest for Arrow, our 16th success!

Arrow was born in 2000 in Holland, he is trained in Search and Handler Protection. He and Officer Cantrell won 2005 Top Search at the Petaluma Trials and Officer Cantrell has been awarded many medals of valor.

Name: Rudy
Handler: Deputy Roddy, Oakland Co Sheriff's Office, Michigan
Breed: German Shepherd
Status: Deputy Roddy found us on the web, and in September 2007 sent us $700 for a new
K-9 ARMOR vest for Rudy our 15th success!

Rudy was born in Slovakia in 2004, he is trained in narcotics detection, human tracking and handler protection. That means he goes in after bad guys with a gun, and thanks to K-9 Armor he now has a bulletproof vest to protect him.

Name: Rico
Handler: Officer Mike Page, Petaluma P.D.
Breed: Belgian Malinois
Status: Added June 3, 2007 by August 2007 we received enough donations for a new
K-9 ARMOR vest for Rico our 12th success!

Many thanks to Officer Page and Rico and Officer Cox and Max for coming to the Marin County Fair 2007 to shake paws and raise money for the cause.
Many thanks to Suzanne's friend Debbie Lewis who volunteers with the German Shepherd Rescue and the Sonoma Recreation Center who we thanked on our Sponsors page. Their donations all went to sponsor a K-9 Armor vest for Rico!

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

Name: Kyto
Handler: Officer Kevin Naugle, Novato P.D.
Breed: German Shepherd
Status: May 10, 2007 we delivered a new vest for Kyto our 11th success!

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

Thanks to Kyto and to all the kids who came to shake paws at Chevy's restaurant in Novato in 2005 and to Officer Bill Welch and Raven (pictured with Officer Naugle and Kyto below left) for helping us raise the money for Kyto's vest by helping out in the July heat at the Marin County Fair 2 years in a row to shake paws with hundreds of kids.

K9 Sergo of the Stanislaus County Sheriff K9 Unit demonstrating that our vests are able to let the dog fly and stay armed to the teeth

Stanislaus County Sheriff K-9 Team: Deputy Tom Fara with Ike, Deputy Lloyd Mackinnon with Fons, Deputy Brock Condit with Rex and Deputy Barry Ballance with Sergo, receiving their K-9 Armor vests on January 27, 2007.
Breed: German Shepherd and Belgian Malinois
Status: Added August 20, 2005 they received $3200 from generous donors Dennis Lines of Century 21 and we received $675 for a vest for Rudy from Modesto Harley-Davidson and Ducati, please visit our sponsor page to thank them! Click the picture to open the K-9 Unit page. Thanks to an article in the Modesto Bee they raised enough for their sixth dog, Axel.

These are our 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 13th and 14th success stories!

Name: Riska
Handler: Officer Christy Norkett, Spartanburg P.D.
Breed: German Shepherd
Status: Added July 25, 2005 we need a new
K-9 ARMOR vest for Riska!

Name: Aiko
Handler: Officer Bill Reece, Spartanburg P.D.
Breed: Belgian Malinois
Status: Added July 25, 2005 we need a new
K-9 ARMOR vest for Aiko!

Spartanburg P.D. raised $300 in 2005 which we promised to help raise the rest needed for their beautiful dogs!

Sometimes it takes a couple years to raise the money, don't give up, your donations help!

Name: Max
Handler: Officer Rick Cox, Petaluma P.D.
Breed: Belgian Malinois
Status: July 1, 2006 our sixth success, we delivered a new vest for Max!

Sadly, March 2008 End of Watch for Max.
Many thanks to Max and Officer Cox for appearing at the 2005 and 2006 and 2007 Marin County Fair, hundreds of children came to shake paws! A generous donor gave $600 so we ordered a new vest for Max!

Thanks to Officer Cox and Max for inviting us to the Petaluma K-9 Trials where we return each year, come and shake paws at our booth and say a little prayer for Max and Officer Cox who earned many trophies during Max's glory days.

Congratulations for winning Agility in 2005 and Narcotics 2006. We miss you Max!

Name: Raven
Handler: Officer Bill Welch, Novato P.D.
Breed: Belgian Shepherd
Status: October 10, 2006 Our fifth success, a vest for Raven!

We raised enough money at Chevy's restaurants in Novato and Greenbrae, for a new vest for Raven back in February 2005. Raven and her handler Officer Welch hung in there for over a year during the time we lost our Founder and Manufacturer and started from scratch and rebuilt K-9 Armor. By June of 2006 we signed on with a new distributor who made a K-9 Armor custom-fit Kevlar vest to save Raven for when she puts her life on the line to save us!

Raven and Officer Welch made a public appearance at the 2005 and 2006 and 2007 Marin County Fair, hundreds of children came to shake paws. Raven was purchased by Napa P.D. and Novato P.D. kept her vest to save the next lucky dog who joins their ranks. Thanks and Congratulations Raven!

Name: Boss
Handler: Corporal Rhonda Tuscher, Fairfax P.D.
Breed: German Shepherd
Status: July 5. 2004 Our fourth success story, a Vest for Boss!

Many thanks to Jim and Janet Mitchell for donating a whole K-9 Armor vest in 2004, helping us protect Boss!

Sadly in October 2008 Boss died of medical reasons. We miss you Boss!

Name: Hunter
Handler: Officer Pat Smith, US Park Police, San Francisco
Breed: German Shepherd
Status: July 2. 2004 Our third success story, a Vest for Hunter.

Hunter and Officer Smith guarded our Golden Gate Bridge and Park Presidio and thank you to Eric and Kristina of Paws Place who donated to provide a life-saving gift to Hunter in 2004 who received a K-9 ARMOR vest! Hunter and Officer Smith came to shake paws at “Bark in the Park” September 18, 2004 in San Jose. Hunter later moved to Washington D.C. and still belongs to the Federal United States Park Police.

Thanks again to Eric and Tina for helping us protect Hunter!

Name: Tref
Handler: Officer Mike Griffin, US Park Police, San Francisco
Breed: Belgian Malinois
Status: July 1, 2004 Our second success story, a Vest for Tref!

Click the picture to read about how Tref and Officer Griffin guard our Golden Gate Bridge and Park and thank you to everyone who donated at the Marin County Fair 2004 to provide a life-saving gift to Tref who received the second K-9 ARMOR vest!

Name: Verona
Handler: Deputy Dan Marrett, Marin County Sheriff's Dept
Breed: Black Labrador
Status: July 1, 2004 Our first success story, a Vest for Verona!

Verona and Deputy Marrett searched for bombs at major events including the Olympics and World Series and protected our Marin County Courthouse. Thanks to YOUR donations, Verona received the first K-9 ARMOR vest! Verona made a public appearance on KTVU TV on July 1, 2004!

Many thanks to Deputy Marrett and Verona for coming to shake paws each year at the Marin County Fair from 2004 to 2007. In 2008 Verona was replaced by Terry and donated her vest to protect Deputy Marrett's new partner. Verona retired to live the good life with Deputy Marrett and his wife and their little boy as the family pet. Thanks Verona for all your years of service and for getting us started on this worthy cause to protect all the police dogs of California!