Motherless calf in US that is faced with canine (5)

I believe the answer is:

dogie

'motherless calf in us' is the definition.
(US term for a motherless calf)

'that is faced with canine' is the wordplay.
'that is' becomes 'ie' ('i.e.' can be a synonym of 'that is').
'faced with' says to put letters next to each other.
'canine' becomes 'dog' (dog is a kind of canine**).
'ie' after 'dog' is 'DOGIE'.

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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