Although I've heard this expression before, I don't think I ever really thought much about it since what first came to mind was that "dogie" was just a slight variation of "doggy" as in a little dog or a puppy. Which would make "a long little dogie" something akin to a dachshund ;)
I learned that in the language of the American Old West, a motherless calf was know as a dogie. Therefore, the cowboy, or rancher, relied on his "doggy" (dog) to help roundup the "dogie" (stray calf). Got it.
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