Uncle Duke 
We told Grandpa that we were worried about him living alone with a bad hip and failing eyesight, but he said not to worry because he got himself a dog.
M.S. Bellows, Jr.@UncleDuke1969 Easy mistake. Google Photos made the same one when labeling my pictures:
AlexanderVI@msbellows @UncleDuke1969 surely they meant dogies (whoopee ti yi yo)
@AlexanderVI @UncleDuke1969 Fun factoid: "dogies" refers to orphaned or abandoned calves (often the second-born of twins, which cows sometimes mistakenly believe aren't theirs). In some places, they're called "leppies" (lepers).
So the old song is pitying the young, homeless, "motherless" cowboy riding the range. Adds a real pathos!