Mojo's nemesis

I walk my pup pup every singly day. Usually 2x a day to make sure hes exposed to all kinds of people. I want him to be well socialized. The thing about walking your dog when you live in rural Ethiopia is that there are many things a dog has to get used to.

1: The town crazies. Usually men walking around partially naked and chewing on Chat or smelling like alcohol. (mojo doesn't like these men, he automatically barks or gets more alert when we are around drunk men… which I kinda love because they don't bother me so much anymore)

2: Children on the street who either yell out “Ferenji!!” , “ Africa! ”, “Astamari!” Teacher “Ashley!” and now who yell out “Woosha!” Dog

These kids usually just want to touch and pet him but most are afraid too. Some muster up the strength after I encourage them and tell them that Mojo wont bite.

3: Livestock

Donkeys. Horses. Goats. Ox. Chickens. Sheep. Cows. Other wild dogs and cats… and this is where it gets interesting.

With most animals Mojo is cool, he is heck a chill. Cool as a cucumber. He shows interest, & curiosity and isn't barking or ferocious at all. Except for this one day when we ran into a family of Goats. The most adorable baby goats or “kids” and 2 adult ones.  Right outside the gate of my compound this family of Goats stood around lazily grazing the grass and mojo begins to bark at them as we walk by.

As soon as that bark escapes his lips. The mother Goat with these huge horns atop her head, and large swinging utters underneath turns her head and all her attention to Mojo.
She did not make a sound. She just stared for about 5 seconds until suddenly she starts charging at Mojo!

Teats swinging as she broke out into a little trot towards my sweet puppy! Mojo begins barking, very aware that this huge 50-70lb goat is charging at him. The baby goats go running off. The other adult goat starts making his way over to all the commotion.

I walk up between Mojo and the Goat, knowing my poor pup had no chance to survive this encounter if this thing tries to headbutt him or step on him. Once Im standing between them both of the goats comes to a stop, but the mother tries to walk around me in order to get to Mojo!

“Shoo!
“Shoo!
“Shoo!
 Im yelling at the goat and swinging my hand in a manner to tell it to back off, while standing in between it and Mojo.

But this thing is persistent! Even after gaining some distance from it and its babies, it still continues to follow Mojo! Just waiting for an opportunity to strike when my back is turned and when Im not there to ward it off from my puppy. So I end up just picking Mojo up and carrying him away.

Ever since this little encounter, whenever this Goat sees or smells Mojo it starts charging for him. Several days have passed and still, when we walk anywhere near this thing it starts trotting towards my pup.

 Im afraid Mojojojo has met his nemesis.