dogie
Motherless cattle youngster
A dogie is a motherless calf in a cattle herd, especially one that is weak or sickly.
The term belongs to the vocabulary of the American West and cattle drives: Get along, little dogie.
Cowboys distinguished dogies from healthy calves because they required extra attention during roundups and trail drives.
motherless
Without a mother
abandoned · forsaken · neglected · lost · weaned · bottle-fed · hand-raised · rejected · maverick · unbranded
cowboy
Mounted cattle herder
- wranglerLivestock handler on ranches
- cattle driveMoving herd to market
- lassoLooped rope for catching
rope · branding · corral · chuck wagon · prairie · range · herd · stampede · chaps · saddle
- Old Westcowboy, cowboys, cowgirl, sheriff, sheriffs
- cattlecow, moo, cows, bull, bulls
- cattle drivecattle drive, Chisholm Trail, chuck wagon, cowboy, drover
- calf-relatedcalf muscle, calf raise, veal, bull calf, heifer
- ranchingcattle, ranch, rancher, ranchers, ranching
- young cattlecalf, calves, heifer, bull calf, yearling