THE | BALTIMORE j | EXPERIENCE j Upon the Loss of aPet... Or Changes In Our Attitudes Change in some of the, attitudes of Lumbee Indians become very evident in mod em society. It has been said that "the more things change, the more they stay the same." When it comes to the love Lumbee people have for their dogs, that love remains the same. However, when it comes to the role of the dog and the relationship of that dog to the family, change is very obvious. 1 can remember how my father loved, protected and cared for his dogs. But those dogs' value were equated with their ability to work; to earn their keep by helping to feed the family. While ped igree & blood line were through to influence the dogs' ability to hunt, the thing which determined the worth or appreciation of the dog was his/her effectiveness as a hunter, oftentimes, non-pedi gree dogs were "pitted" against the Mood line dog with very favorable results and much "kidding." These dogs belonged. But, they belonged in "a dog's 1 place." They did not belong 1 in itie house, and most rertainly not in the beds. Food in many families was scarce. Therefore, the dogs ate last ind only what was left. The position of (he dog for :he urban Lumbee family and some others is that of "pet" ind family member. These logs often sit and sleep in the same areas where the people Family members do these activities. Their food come From the dinner table often times at the same time the Family eats, in some cases, even before. Some of these pampered pets prefer special diets and require only certain items :ooked in a certain way. In sickness, they command only the best and most expensive medical care. Such attention, reassures the dog that he/she is indeed another member of the fami ly. After several years of such close relationship, what is the impact on a family when such a pet dies? Peppi came to live with the locklears in 1970. He was a runaway from prior owners due to mistreatment. Al though he was a pure bred French Poodle, minature. we never knew much of Peppi's vital stats, such as age and birthdate. The vet estimated his age as two in 1970. This means Peppi was fourteen dog years, equat.to ninety eight in man years. Peppi was wise, a good did not know but a few tricks. He did respond to conversation. Re cently. when Rev. David Hunt was a guest in our home, in plav he called Peppi "Snaggle Tooth" in reference to the dog having been to the dentist. Peppi understood and im mediately would not allow Rev. Hunt passage upstairs until the latter apologized. So, Peppi was not only a "best friend." he was a pal. Peppi was not on the family's health insurance, nor was he a legal dependent. Nevertheless, no cost was spared when the dog's well being was concerned. Its not unusual to hear that Indian families have paid hundreds of dollars to pur chase or care for a dog. I've fj iieard of payments up to " $700.00 to bury a dog. These ? are not "well-off' families, in ? one case, the family borrowed 2 the money. ' 2 Yes. while the Lumbee "i people might accept ? change ? more slowly, transition does " come. " Many will argue even that ] to write and print articles ? about dogs is a waste of time. I Yet. really we are about how \ change is necessary in order J to keep up with a changing ? society. Oh yes. about the impact of It Peppi's loss, we cried. We |t If Peppi enloyed being photo graphed. JJ ?RliaUll 111 Donavin Benlley share* family cou ch Jocqul, IF the family pet. IF ? This Is Co-op Country! %mU v * That's right! No one else could provide electricity to rural America better or more efficiently than the country's consumer-owned rural electric systems. Even in these times of new chal lenge and rising costs, we maintain a cheerful "can do" attitude while we get the job done, cooperatively Getting the job done in rural America has never been easy, and it's not easy now. High interest rates and ris ing fuel costs are chewing up larger and larger hunks of cooperatives' income New people by the millions are moving into co-op coun try. and the price of every thing it takes to provide ? reliable electric service to each and every one of them continues to go up. Trucks, utility poles, wire and equip ment, for instance, cost twice what they did ten years ago And. people in rural Amer ica expect the same kind of electric service they'd get in the city They'll get it We met the challenge of bring ing electricity to the coun tryside in the first place, and we're meeting today's challenge with hard work and good, old-fash ioned American know-how. Aftar all, this la co-op country. . n WnfSk> mm LUMBEE RIVER EMC Rsd Springs, N. C. . ^ i Mi ^ um of pap#r 4b*u 1100 BC To The I HOKE COUNTY j BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS 1 MAKE EXPERIENCE COUNT ON NOV. 2. I HI t M Thank you for your vote 1 HI ? 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