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Jordan Cerrillo is the Regional Manager for Dogtopia in Eau Claire, Wisconsin and Woodbury, Minnesota. Jordan was not a runner before he embarked on his journey to run 101 miles from one of his Dogtopia locations to the other – he just wanted to help out a great cause: raising money in donations for the Dogtopia Foundation, all the money he raised will be donated in support of service dogs for veterans in need.

Gretchen’s full title is retired Command Sergeant Major Gretchen Evans. She is a Dogtopia Foundation ambassador who joined Jordan for the final 10 miles of his run. This cause is near and dear to Gretchen as she endured life-threatening injuries in service in Afghanistan. She found strength in the companionship of her service dogs. Her story was recognized with the prestigious Pat Tillman Award for Service at the 2022 ESPYs.

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Arden Moore: Welcome to the Oh Behave show on Pet Life Radio.

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Arden Moore: I'm your host, Arden Moore.

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Arden Moore: Now, in this special episode, we are spotlighting two very awesome people.

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Arden Moore: Now, one has never really been much of a jogger, but then he agreed to run 101 miles in a fundraiser.

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Arden Moore: Another survived a rocket blast in Afghanistan during her stellar army career.

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Arden Moore: Both got together and said, Hey, let's team up.

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Arden Moore: And team up they did.

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Arden Moore: I am honored to welcome to our show two people dedicated to pairing up service dogs with military veterans in need.

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Arden Moore: But we got to take this quick break and you all know the drill.

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Arden Moore: We got to sit, stay.

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Announcer: Now back to your fetching host, America's pet edutainer, Arden Moore.

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Arden Moore: Welcome back to the Oh Behave show on Pet Life Radio.

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Arden Moore: I'm your host, Arden Moore.

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Arden Moore: Please at this time, give pause and applause from Dogtopia.

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Arden Moore: We have Jordan Cerrillo and Gretchen Evans.

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Arden Moore: Welcome.

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Arden Moore: Welcome.

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Jordan Cerrillo: Thank you.

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Gretchen Evans: Thank you.

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Jordan Cerrillo: Thank you.

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Gretchen Evans: Thank you so much.

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Gretchen Evans: Happy to be here.

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Arden Moore: Oh my gosh.

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Arden Moore: Everyone, come on.

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Arden Moore: For the three people on the planet that don't know Dogtopia, Mr.

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Arden Moore: Jordan, you are a regional manager for them based out of Wisconsin.

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Arden Moore: Quickly tell people what the heck is Dogtopia.

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Jordan Cerrillo: Yeah.

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Jordan Cerrillo: So Dogtopia is a spot where you can take your dog, whether you're going to work or if you just need them to get some socialization or exercise.

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Jordan Cerrillo: This is a safe place to do so.

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Jordan Cerrillo: So we are an open facility dog daycare center, and the dog that do really well in our daycare center, get the opportunities to be able to board overnight with us.

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Jordan Cerrillo: So if you're going out of town and you just want a safe space for your dog to be, we're going to be that space for you.

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Jordan Cerrillo: Yeah.

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Arden Moore: You do grooming, but you also do spa.

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Arden Moore: I'm jealous.

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Jordan Cerrillo: Yes.

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Arden Moore: You have a spa.

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Jordan Cerrillo: Yeah.

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Jordan Cerrillo: So we're always finding ways to spoil your pups.

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Jordan Cerrillo: So yeah, some of our included services are like doing dog baths, those brush outs, nail trims, those spa services to make them look nice and pretty.

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Jordan Cerrillo: And then a lot of Dogtopias have a certified groomer.

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Jordan Cerrillo: So we're able to do those haircuts as well.

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Arden Moore: All right.

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Arden Moore: Well, I'll let my dogs, Kona and Emma know about it though.

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Arden Moore: They'll be booking.

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Arden Moore: And we also, I come from a military family and I really want to salute our other special guest and she is retired command.

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Arden Moore: Oh, let me get this right.

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Arden Moore: Command Sergeant Major?

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Gretchen Evans: Major.

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Gretchen Evans: Yes.

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Arden Moore: Wow.

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Arden Moore: Now I've been schooled.

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Arden Moore: My wife was one of the first combat MPs.

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Arden Moore: She was a staff sergeant in the army nine years.

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Arden Moore: And she said, Arden, when the title has command in front of it, that's a big deal.

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Arden Moore: So tell us what that means Gretchen.

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Gretchen Evans: When you have the command before your rank as a sergeant major, that means that you are in command of troops.

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Gretchen Evans: So sergeant majors can be staff people who, you know, logistics and things such as like this.

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Gretchen Evans: But when they select you specifically to be in command of troops, then you get the honor of having the command in front of your, in front of your title.

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Arden Moore: Does that get you ahead on dinner reservations?

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Gretchen Evans: No, not really.

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Gretchen Evans: Well, like you, most people don't even know what it means.

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Arden Moore: Well, but also you too have a connection with Dogtopia.

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Arden Moore: Can you tell everybody what that is?

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Gretchen Evans: Yes.

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Gretchen Evans: So I am so honored and pleased to be considered the ambassador for the Dogtopia Foundation.

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Gretchen Evans: And the foundation is the, is a great organization that raises funds and awareness to get service dogs into the hands of veterans who need them the most.

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Gretchen Evans: And they have two other things that they really are, strive to do.

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Gretchen Evans: And that is hiring people who are on the autistic spectrum to work in their Dogtopia businesses and also the Read Along program where children can go and read to a dog who is the perfect audience for a child who may be shy in reading out loud.

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Gretchen Evans: So I travel throughout the United States and represent the Dogtopia Foundation and talk about what a wonderful thing they're doing that's changing and saving lives every day.

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Arden Moore: And I want people to go to a couple sites after our show.

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Arden Moore: Is it dogtopiafoundation.org Jordan and just dogtopia.com?

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Jordan Cerrillo: Yeah, so that is the right sites.

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Jordan Cerrillo: If you want to go to the foundation and you want to see what we do on a national level, dogtopiafoundation.org is going to be the right spot.

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Jordan Cerrillo: And then, yeah, depending on where you live in the area, you can find out where all the active locations are at dogtopia.com.

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Jordan Cerrillo: But if you do know that there's one in your neighborhood, just if you know the name, look it up and it'll be there for you.

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Jordan Cerrillo: Yeah.

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Arden Moore: So we know how we're going to get into Retired Army Grand Poobar Gretchen in a minute.

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Arden Moore: But Jordan, this is kind of cool.

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Arden Moore: You just ran 101 miles to raise money to help get service dogs.

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Arden Moore: And you weren't really a runner?

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Jordan Cerrillo: No.

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Jordan Cerrillo: And if my family is watching this or when they watch this, they will, they can second that.

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Jordan Cerrillo: I was the type growing up, I loved playing like basketball, baseball.

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Jordan Cerrillo: I could run, but it had to be distracting.

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Jordan Cerrillo: It couldn't be the main focus.

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Jordan Cerrillo: Like I never liked doing the mile in high school for the presidential fitness.

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Jordan Cerrillo: I never, when I got out of sports and I got out of high school, I never ran.

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Jordan Cerrillo: And it was something that I really wanted to challenge myself to do.

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Jordan Cerrillo: But also I think the biggest thing was that I wanted to find a way where how could I draw as much attention on the foundation and these efforts as possible.

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Jordan Cerrillo: And I knew I had to do something crazy.

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Jordan Cerrillo: So I decided 101 miles would be crazy enough.

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Arden Moore: Well, there was a movie 101 Dalmatians.

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Arden Moore: Now there's 101 miles completed by Jordan Cerrillo, which is pretty awesome.

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Arden Moore: I mean, what is your running style?

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Arden Moore: Do you have a long gait?

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Arden Moore: Do you pray a lot?

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Arden Moore: What's your running style?

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Arden Moore: Do you lumber?

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Jordan Cerrillo: Yeah.

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Jordan Cerrillo: So my running style, it's called the ultra shuffle, which can be very easily confused with somebody who looks like they're just kind of jogging.

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Jordan Cerrillo: So it's really short strides and it's just kind of like, you don't want to use up too much energy.

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Jordan Cerrillo: Like when you see people running marathons or in their runs, there's like a really long stride.

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Jordan Cerrillo: Mine is not that since I'm not trying to cover a short distance, I'm covering a long one.

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Jordan Cerrillo: It's this little like kind of shuffle.

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Arden Moore: And how long did you train to do this?

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Jordan Cerrillo: Yeah, so I trained starting early.

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Jordan Cerrillo: Like it was about eight months of training.

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Jordan Cerrillo: And I want to say it was like early September was when I was like, okay, I really needed to make a decision on whether or not I'm actually going to be able to do this.

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Arden Moore: And for everybody out there, Gretchen joined you for the final 10 miles.

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Arden Moore: Gretchen, please tell people you have a service dog.

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Arden Moore: And I don't think you have long strides anymore, right?

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Gretchen Evans: So when I found out that Jordan was doing this, I really wanted to be a part of it.

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Gretchen Evans: And I told him, I said, I want to join you for the whole thing, but I've got a release for the day.

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Gretchen Evans: You're getting out that I'd already signed up with my adaptive team, Team Unbroken.

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Gretchen Evans: So I said, I'll fly from Chicago to Minneapolis, and I'll catch you at the last 10 miles of your run and just give him a little bit of encouragement when he really needed it the most.

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Gretchen Evans: Perhaps this, I'm a distance runner too.

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Gretchen Evans: I'm an endurance athlete, so I know how that feels those last 10 miles.

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Gretchen Evans: It's exciting, but you really want to be done, and encouragement is really important.

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Gretchen Evans: So anyway, my stride is, I match my stride to whoever I'm running with, but if it was just a team, I do run pretty fast on occasion, and I'm starting to slow down.

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Gretchen Evans: I'm in my 60s and starting to get some wear and tear, but I'm still a pretty good runner.

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Jordan Cerrillo: Oh yeah.

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Jordan Cerrillo: Yeah, she definitely was.

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Jordan Cerrillo: You could tell just when she was out there with me, like don't let anything fool you.

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Jordan Cerrillo: She can throw it out.

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Arden Moore: You got a military woman telling you, don't drop and give me 20, run and give me 10 more, right?

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Arden Moore: 10 more miles.

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Jordan Cerrillo: I was actually glad she didn't run the full 100 with me because she would have shown me up.

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Jordan Cerrillo: I would have been just in the dust.

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Jordan Cerrillo: She would have been way ahead of me.

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Arden Moore: So over what time period did you do this distance?

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Arden Moore: And I know it wasn't it started on Memorial Day weekend in Wisconsin?

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Jordan Cerrillo: Yeah.

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Jordan Cerrillo: So I started on Sunday, which I believe was the 26th or 25th.

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Jordan Cerrillo: I'm getting confused.

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Jordan Cerrillo: 26.

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Jordan Cerrillo: Thank you.

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Jordan Cerrillo: I started on the 26th at 7 a.m.

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Jordan Cerrillo: And then I ran through the night into Memorial Day.

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Arden Moore: Oh, so you didn't sleep?

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Jordan Cerrillo: No, no.

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Arden Moore: Wow.

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Arden Moore: Seriously, dude, have you ever done a 10 or 5K before?

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Jordan Cerrillo: I did like maybe when I was a kid, I did something similar.

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Arden Moore: You hit the president's mile.

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Arden Moore: I heard you like that.

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Jordan Cerrillo: Yeah.

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Jordan Cerrillo: But otherwise before that, no, up until the training, I did the training for it.

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Jordan Cerrillo: So like the farthest I got in training was I ran a 50-miler overnight to like simulate what it would be like on no sleep running the distance.

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Jordan Cerrillo: But prior to any of the training, anything like that, no, I had no idea of what it even took to run a 3K or 5K or 3 miles.

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Arden Moore: Were there others involved or you just had a bunch of cheerleaders around you or what?

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Jordan Cerrillo: Yeah, that was my aid team.

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Jordan Cerrillo: So we had, my fiance was out there.

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Jordan Cerrillo: She rode a bike to kind of help just be there for me.

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Arden Moore: Say her first name so she loves you.

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Jordan Cerrillo: Mikayla.

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Jordan Cerrillo: Mikayla.

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Jordan Cerrillo: Mikayla, my beautiful fiance, super supportive.

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Jordan Cerrillo: She ran a track in college in cross-country.

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Jordan Cerrillo: So she was kind of like my coach as well.

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Jordan Cerrillo: And we had a band that followed me with some of my family members in there.

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Arden Moore: You're kind of like the Diane Nyad of the bland.

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Jordan Cerrillo: Yeah, she is way better than I am.

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Jordan Cerrillo: Yeah.

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Jordan Cerrillo: She what she did across the from Cuba to Florida was it?

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Jordan Cerrillo: That's insane.

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Jordan Cerrillo: Yeah, that's insane.

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Arden Moore: Hey, everyone.

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Arden Moore: We're speaking with Gretchen Evans and Jordan Cerrillo.

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Arden Moore: They are with Dogtopia and we're going to dive in to a little bit more about this 101 mile run they did and why y'all need to pay attention to it because they're trying to get trained service dogs paired up with a military veterans.

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Arden Moore: So we're going to take a short break and you all know the drill.

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Arden Moore: Oh, I said a drill in front of a sergeant.

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Arden Moore: I can't believe it.

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Arden Moore: We're going to sit.

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Arden Moore: Stay.

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Arden Moore: We'll be right back.

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Announcer: Time for a walk on the red carpet, of course.

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Announcer: Oh Behave will be back in a flash right after these messages.

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Arden Moore: pause up, Pet Pals.

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Arden Moore: Arden Moore here, your host of the Oh Behave show.

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Charles Martin Smith: Hi, this is Charles Martin Smith, Director of Dogs Way Homes, and you're listening to the Oh Behave Show with Arden Moore on Pet Last Radio.

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Announcer: Now back to Oh Behave.

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Announcer: Here's Arden.

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Arden Moore: Welcome back to the Oh Behave Show on Pet Life Radio.

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Arden Moore: I'm your host, Arden Moore.

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Arden Moore: I am saluting two incredible people from Dogtopia.

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Arden Moore: We have Jordan Cerrillo.

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Arden Moore: He is a regional manager in the Wisconsin area.

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Arden Moore: And as we mentioned, we have a retired command sergeant major, Gretchen Evans, who serves as the Dogtopia Foundation ambassador.

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Arden Moore: And you did this 101 miles with Gretchen coming in for the final 10, which you couldn't probably pick a better teammate than Gretchen, right?

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Jordan Cerrillo: Yes, absolutely.

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Jordan Cerrillo: Absolutely.

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Jordan Cerrillo: When I needed her most at those 90 miles, she was there.

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Jordan Cerrillo: She brought the energy and she helped bring it home.

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Arden Moore: Is there something you said to him?

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Arden Moore: And please don't use vulgarity, Sergeant.

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Gretchen Evans: No, you know, when I first got there, I was singing Arm in Cadence.

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Gretchen Evans: I started singing Arm in Cadence, which made him put a big smile on his face.

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Gretchen Evans: And then, you know, I was just, the one thing you want to do is take your mind off of what you're doing.

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Gretchen Evans: So I was just, you know, first of all, I wanted to say thank you because I know that my service dog saved and changed my life.

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Gretchen Evans: And what he was doing was so important to me and all my fellow veterans who are menacing from his great effort.

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Gretchen Evans: because service dogs certainly make a difference in a veteran's life.

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Gretchen Evans: They say that it reduces depression and anxiety and suicidal ideation by up to 80%, and which is unheard of.

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Gretchen Evans: But you know, these dogs are, become our best friends and our battle buddies.

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Gretchen Evans: And so I talked to Jordan and just told him how thankful I was for what he was doing, saying some cadence.

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Arden Moore: Okay, give us one.

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Gretchen Evans: Now you're ready?

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Gretchen Evans: Okay, so up in the morning for the break of day.

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Gretchen Evans: I don't like it.

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Gretchen Evans: No way.

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Gretchen Evans: Up in the morning for, oh, I went to the mess hall to get my food.

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Gretchen Evans: I said, mess sergeant, mess sergeant, big me please.

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Gretchen Evans: Mess sergeant said with a great big grin, if you're going to be airborne, you got to be thin.

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Arden Moore: I guess I'm not going to be airborne.

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Gretchen Evans: Okay.

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Arden Moore: Awesome, awesome.

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Arden Moore: We do want to dive in because you've got a couple of special four-leggers in your life, Gretchen.

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Arden Moore: You have Aura and Rusty, and it's up to you, but you serve combat in Afghanistan.

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Arden Moore: Folks, she's going to blush, but I'm telling you, we have a real American hero and leader here, and the fact that she was awarded the Bronze Star, that's a frigging big deal.

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Arden Moore: She's in the US Veteran Hall of Fame, and my favorite is she was awarded the prestigious Pat Tillman Award for Service and was at the SP.

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Arden Moore: So I hope you're not blushing too bad, but tell us a little bit about your situation and why the service dogs in your life have made you command life in a great way.

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Gretchen Evans: So Aura was my first service dog, and because I'm totally deaf from the blast in Afghanistan, I needed a hearing dog that could alert me to sounds, to give me back my independence.

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Gretchen Evans: Going from being a hearing person for 46 years to being totally deaf was devastating to me.

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Gretchen Evans: It ended my career through me into a life that I was unfamiliar with, not being able to hear and to communicate.

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Gretchen Evans: So Aura was trained by America's Vet Dogs, Dogtopia Foundation does raise funds for, she was the first hearing dog they ever trained.

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Arden Moore: Are you kidding?

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Arden Moore: What kind of breed is Aura?

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Gretchen Evans: Aura is a cross, a breed between a Labrador and a Golden Retriever, which is a perfect mix.

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Gretchen Evans: So Aura, when I got her, it was like all of a sudden I didn't feel like a deaf person anymore.

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Gretchen Evans: And I could navigate live because Aura would tell me when she heard a sound.

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Gretchen Evans: And the way she does that is she pokes me with her nose on my thigh when she hears a sound, the doorbell, the microwave, the dryer.

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Gretchen Evans: I'm not crazy about that one, but she still tells me when it's done.

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Gretchen Evans: And also she allows me to drive legally because she can alert me to emergency vehicles.

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Gretchen Evans: Whereas before I couldn't hear them, so I was not a safe driver and couldn't have a driver's license.

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Gretchen Evans: So you can imagine what it felt like to get my independence back.

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Gretchen Evans: But anyway, when she pokes me with her nose, then I look at her and I say, where's the sound?

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Gretchen Evans: And she takes me to the sound.

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Gretchen Evans: Two years ago, we retired, or she had worked for me for 10 years.

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Gretchen Evans: And I travel a lot doing speaking engagements.

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Gretchen Evans: And like I said, I have an adaptive athletic team and we do all kinds of crazy things.

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Gretchen Evans: In fact, in two weeks, we're going to go summit Kilimanjaro.

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Arden Moore: Really?

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Arden Moore: I was just going to maybe go to a movie in two weeks, but wow.

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Gretchen Evans: Well, that's all good too.

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Gretchen Evans: But I asked America's Pet Dogs if they would find another and train another hearing dog for me because so I could let or retire.

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Gretchen Evans: And so they trained Rusty, who's a purebred Labrador, who's the size of a small pony, really tall.

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Gretchen Evans: And so now Rusty travels with me and does lots of activities with me.

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Gretchen Evans: I've taken Rusty wetwater rafting and zip lining and he paddled with me.

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Gretchen Evans: Wow.

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Arden Moore: I heard he's kind of a go for it, goofball a little bit too.

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Gretchen Evans: He's a go for it kind of dog.

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Gretchen Evans: And so both of these dogs got me out of that dark place when I first was injured and was trying to recover and find my new passion and purpose.

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Gretchen Evans: And I knew that these dogs could do that for me, that there was other veterans out there that needed the same thing that I did.

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Gretchen Evans: So when the dog, when I found the Dogtopia Foundation or they found me, I said that what can I do to help?

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Gretchen Evans: And they said, you can tell your story and help get the word out that these dogs are available free of cause to veterans and they can help them and navigate their new life post-military.

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Arden Moore: Well said and I do salute you for your military service and I am a big fan of the service dogs.

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Arden Moore: I've done work with canine companions when I lived in Oceanside, California.

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Arden Moore: Now I'm in Dallas and we're working together on some things.

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Arden Moore: And this brings us back to Jordan Cerrillo because Jordan, I was doing some research on the Dogtopia Foundation.

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Arden Moore: I hope these stats are correct, but your nonprofit arm of Dogtopia, I guess have raised over $3 million and have paired up about 370 teams of service dogs to veterans, correct?

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Gretchen Evans: And learn about Jordan is as a young man that he took action.

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Gretchen Evans: Lots of people, you know, hearing things that touch their hearts and they think, oh, I would really like to do something about that.

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Gretchen Evans: And then, you know, in the next 24, 40 hours life takes over and they forget about it.

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Gretchen Evans: Or, you know, they don't have time where they don't make time.

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Gretchen Evans: And Jordan, you know, made a promise to himself and to others that he was going to do something about this and he did it.

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Gretchen Evans: And it was hard.

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Gretchen Evans: I know how hard running a hundred miles is.

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Gretchen Evans: And he's still as enthusiastic after the run.

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Gretchen Evans: You know, some people say, you know, it's like childbirth.

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Gretchen Evans: I'm never doing that again.

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Gretchen Evans: And then, you know, the dude got that.

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Gretchen Evans: But lots of people are one and done kind of people.

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Gretchen Evans: But I think what it really did is that I saw it fuel the fire of his passion by saying, I call it the say do ratio, saying you're going to do something and actually doing it.

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Gretchen Evans: That's where the courage comes in and is actually showing up to the start line in front of people publicly and say, I'm going to do this, not knowing what the X factor could be out there.

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Gretchen Evans: He could have had rainstorms, he could have had all kinds of things go wrong.

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Gretchen Evans: And so I always say the courage is saying that you're going to do it and then showing up to do it.

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Gretchen Evans: That shows a lot of grit, engumption, and resilience.

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Gretchen Evans: And it shows that he does care about the greater good out there, that he is not what I call a self-licking ice cream cone.

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Gretchen Evans: It's not about Jordan, OK?

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Gretchen Evans: It's about others.

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Gretchen Evans: And so he certainly is in my troop and he's on my rope team and I'm proud of having him there.

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Arden Moore: So Gretchen, he wasn't in your troop, but he is, because he's in a troop to help service members have service dogs.

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Arden Moore: What is something about Jordan that you admired when you saw him get it out on this 101 mile run?

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Gretchen Evans: And learn about Jordan as a young man that he took action.

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Gretchen Evans: Lots of people, hearing things that touch their hearts and they think, oh, I would really like to do something about that.

00:24:26.100 --> 00:24:33.280
Gretchen Evans: And then in the next 24, 40 hours, life takes over and they forget about it.

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Gretchen Evans: Or they don't have time or they don't make time.

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Gretchen Evans: And Jordan made a promise to himself and to others that he was going to do something about this and he did it and it was hard.

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Gretchen Evans: I know how hard running 100 miles is and he's still as enthusiastic after the run, some people say it's like childbirth.

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Gretchen Evans: I'm never doing that again.

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Gretchen Evans: And then-

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Arden Moore: Well, Jordan doesn't have to worry about childbirth.

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Gretchen Evans: But lots of people are one and done kind of people.

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Gretchen Evans: But I think what it really did is that I saw it fuel the fire of his passion by saying, I call it the say do ratio, saying you're going to do something and actually doing it.

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Gretchen Evans: That's where the courage comes in and is actually showing up to the start line in front of people publicly and say, I'm going to do this not knowing what the X factor could be out there.

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Gretchen Evans: He could have had rainstorms, he could have had all kinds of things go wrong.

00:25:29.360 --> 00:25:33.660
Gretchen Evans: I always say the courage is saying that you're going to do it and then showing up to do it.

00:25:35.120 --> 00:25:39.320
Gretchen Evans: That shows a lot of grit, indumption and resilience.

00:25:39.320 --> 00:25:45.580
Gretchen Evans: It shows that he does care about the greater good out there, that he is not what I call a self-licking ice cream cone.

00:25:45.580 --> 00:25:49.400
Gretchen Evans: It's not about Jordan, it's about others.

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Gretchen Evans: He certainly is in my troop and he's on my rope team, and I'm proud of having there.

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Arden Moore: What do you think?

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Arden Moore: Are you blushing, Jordan?

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Jordan Cerrillo: It means a lot.

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Jordan Cerrillo: It does.

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Jordan Cerrillo: Yeah, I really do care about just the impact that it makes.

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Jordan Cerrillo: No, that means a lot.

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Jordan Cerrillo: Thank you.

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Arden Moore: Say do ratio, everyone.

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Arden Moore: That is the message of the day for sure.

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Arden Moore: How can people, can they still make donations?

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Arden Moore: Jordan, what can we do to help?

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Arden Moore: because we're having you say it on this show and we want people to do something.

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Jordan Cerrillo: Yeah.

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Jordan Cerrillo: To be honest, it doesn't have to be just towards my donation campaign.

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Jordan Cerrillo: You can find it on the Dogtopia of Woodbury, Facebook and Instagram or the Dogtopia of eau Claire, Facebook or Instagram where we have a link for my specific fundraising.

00:26:40.700 --> 00:26:55.940
Jordan Cerrillo: But honestly, if you're just interested in learning more about Dogtopia Foundation and donating to the nationwide cause, you can just go on the dogtopiafoundation.org and that's where you're able to donate as well.

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Arden Moore: Now, we can't end this show without saying something about what Gretchen did before and after.

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Arden Moore: So you help him with the final 10 miles and we're going to have you do one more army chant before we let you go.

00:27:11.360 --> 00:27:14.960
Arden Moore: But what did you do before and what did you do after?

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Gretchen Evans: So, oh, so after.

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Arden Moore: Before and after, didn't you do something before too?

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Arden Moore: Didn't you run something beforehand and then met him and then did the Appalachian?

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Gretchen Evans: Well, yes.

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Gretchen Evans: So after I left Jordan, I flew to Asheville, North Carolina and hopped on the Appalachian Trail with 12 mixed ability veterans as part of the organization that helps people recalibrate.

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Gretchen Evans: And so, you know, I traded my running shoes and for my hiking boots and had a beautiful height in North Carolina on the Appalachian Trail.

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Gretchen Evans: And that was such an incredible.

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Arden Moore: For how many days?

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Arden Moore: Five.

00:27:51.820 --> 00:27:54.520
Arden Moore: So you didn't sit on the couch after you helped Jordan.

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Arden Moore: You got your butt off the couch and on the trail, right?

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Gretchen Evans: That's right.

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Gretchen Evans: Yes, ma'am.

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Gretchen Evans: I did.

00:27:59.260 --> 00:28:01.920
Arden Moore: Come on, give us another army page.

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Arden Moore: Come on.

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Arden Moore: This is fun.

00:28:03.360 --> 00:28:03.900
Arden Moore: This is fun.

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Gretchen Evans: OK, let's see.

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Gretchen Evans: When my granny was 96, she did PT just for kicks.

00:28:12.000 --> 00:28:18.140
Gretchen Evans: When my granny was 97, she ran all the way to heaven.

00:28:18.140 --> 00:28:24.600
Gretchen Evans: When my granny was 98, she said drop down and give me eight.

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Gretchen Evans: When my granny was 99, she ran PT just for fun.

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Arden Moore: Nice.

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Arden Moore: Hey, everybody.

00:28:32.380 --> 00:28:36.220
Arden Moore: We have been so honored to have on our show two superheroes.

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Arden Moore: I'm going to call them Jordan Cerrillo and Gretchen Evans.

00:28:39.640 --> 00:28:41.500
Arden Moore: They represent Dogtopia.

00:28:41.500 --> 00:28:44.720
Arden Moore: Go to dogtopia.com, check out dogtopiafoundation.org.

00:28:45.980 --> 00:28:49.900
Arden Moore: See all the great works that they're doing.

00:28:49.900 --> 00:28:51.040
Arden Moore: Personally, I love them.

00:28:51.040 --> 00:28:53.940
Arden Moore: I'm a master certified pet first aid instructor.

00:28:53.940 --> 00:28:56.820
Arden Moore: Been doing that since 2011.

00:28:56.820 --> 00:29:00.780
Arden Moore: Many of the people I've trained are people from Dogtopia.

00:29:00.780 --> 00:29:13.580
Arden Moore: My feeling is this, Jordan, if you're going to take care of my most priceless asset, not my car, not my house, my dog, you better know what to do and what not to do when minutes count in a pet first aid emergency.

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Arden Moore: So personally and professionally, I salute your organization for recognizing the need to have them certified in pet first aid.

00:29:22.780 --> 00:29:28.520
Arden Moore: And I don't care if it's my program or someone else, that's a big deal for pet parents.

00:29:28.520 --> 00:29:29.540
Jordan Cerrillo: Absolutely.

00:29:29.540 --> 00:29:29.960
Jordan Cerrillo: Absolutely.

00:29:29.960 --> 00:29:30.800
Jordan Cerrillo: It's a big deal for me.

00:29:30.820 --> 00:29:32.000
Jordan Cerrillo: I own three as well.

00:29:32.000 --> 00:29:33.440
Jordan Cerrillo: So it's a big deal for me too.

00:29:33.440 --> 00:29:35.440
Arden Moore: Well, we heard your name of your fiance.

00:29:35.840 --> 00:29:38.820
Arden Moore: I have some dog ears, I feel that are perking up in the background.

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Arden Moore: You better salute your three.

00:29:40.600 --> 00:29:40.960
Jordan Cerrillo: Yeah.

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Jordan Cerrillo: So I have Harper, who is an Australian cattle dog.

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Jordan Cerrillo: I have Wally, who's an Australian shepherd.

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Jordan Cerrillo: And then I have Indy, who is a mini Aussie doodle.

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Jordan Cerrillo: So a lot of Aussies in the house.

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Arden Moore: Oh yeah.

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Arden Moore: A lot of brain power.

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Arden Moore: All right.

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Arden Moore: Yeah.

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Arden Moore: What's your parting message, Jordan?

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Jordan Cerrillo: I guess my parting message would be, this is not the end of just some of the things I'd like to do towards the foundation.

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Jordan Cerrillo: I hope this is only the beginning.

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Jordan Cerrillo: And whether it is a dog in your life, a veteran in your life, hold them close, hold them tight, be thankful for them.

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Jordan Cerrillo: And also hopefully you guys can find a, if it's not the Dogtopia Foundation, something to back that is equally as impactful.

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Jordan Cerrillo: because I promise you, it makes you feel so full inside.

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Jordan Cerrillo: Just seeing the benefits that it provides.

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Arden Moore: I love that.

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Arden Moore: And retired commander, sergeant, major Gretchen Evans, what's your parting message?

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Gretchen Evans: My parting message is, is that if you can help, you should.

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Gretchen Evans: It's great to believe in people and it always feels better to get them than to receive.

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Gretchen Evans: And one little alibi I'll fill in there just because I'm modacious, is that, you know, I'm a motivational speaker and I talk about teamwork and leadership and grit and gumption.

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Gretchen Evans: And anybody, company that would like to have me come out and give a keynote, I will donate that speaker fees to the Dogtopia Foundation.

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Arden Moore: You heard it here.

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Arden Moore: That's a big woof.

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Arden Moore: I love it.

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