Click most K-9 images to see a big picture. YOUR donation goes to save the dogs who come when you call 911. Every time we raise $750 we buy a Kevlar,
K-9 Armor vest and give it FREE to another law enforcement dog.

Name: Axl
Handler: Deputy Tom McNeil, Sonoma County Sheriff's Dept.
Breed: Belgian Malinois
Status: Added August 2008 at the Petaluma K-9 Trials. We need a K-9 Armor vest for Axl.

Name: Bosco
Handler: Officer Avila, Richmond P.D.
Breed: Belgian Malinois
Status: We added the whole Richmond PD K-9 Unit in 2006. We supplied one vest to Arrow and one to Sabre but we still need 4 vests for the remaining police dogs who guard the most dangerous city in the Bay Area!

Help us save Bosco, and his fellow Richmond PD K-9 police dogs!

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.

Name: Aries
Handler: Officer Fiscal, SFCC PD
Breed: Belgian Malinois
Status: We are asking permission to raise money for Aries who guards SF City College. Aries competed in the Petaluma PD K9 Trials Aug 15, 2009.

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.

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 of K-9 Armor. Kimo is still growing at only 1 year-old, when he is full grown he will be 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 we need a new
K-9 ARMOR vest for Mojo of the Vallejo K-9 Unit!

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 but we still need 4 vests for the remaining police dogs who guard the most dangerous city in the Bay Area!

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

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

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 generous Ellen DeMartini of Petaluma, who donated $700, Kilo received a life-saving 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!

We still need 5 more K-9 Armor vests for the dogs of the Richmond K-9 Unit!

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!

There are 15 beautiful dogs on the Oakland, MI K-9 Unit. Rudy is the first and only dog on their K-9 Unit to receive the protection of a K-9 Armor vest. If you live in Michigan, you can mash the keyboard with your paw and donate via PayPal or send us a check. We will send the vests to help protect every K-9 we can reach.

Here in California, K-9 Armor has helped protect 16 dogs, we are proud to add our first success thanks to our web site, every law enforcement dog deserves a K-9 Armor bullet-proof Kevlar vest! 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 bullet-proof vest to protect him. Help protect the rest of his K-9 Unit!

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.

Come visit our K-9 Armor booth every year in the Public Safety Fun Zone.

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: Rexx
Handler: Officer Frank Romano, California Highway Patrol
Breed: Belgian Malinois
Status: Retired

Sadly, 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: 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!