He’s a voice for pitties, also known as pit bulls. A breed representative.Mo the Screaming Staffy is the scream king on Instagram, with over 110,000 followers. The pooch is getting likes, and it’s all for a good cause.
“We’ll do the trails back here on occasion.” “There are trails across the street,” Kristin Allen explained.
Allen and Mo go on walks every day.”We’ll go more into some of the neighborhoods in town,” Allen said.
Allen Mo enjoys the walks because the American Staffordshire Terrier practically walked into his life a little over two years ago.”I found Mo on a Saturday around 10:30 at night,” stated Allen.
Mo was strolling through the streets of Phoenix.
“I was able to confirm that he was alone when I stopped the car and got out.” “I called to him, and he walked calmly towards me, wagging his tail the entire time,” Allen recalled.
It happened the night before Father’s Day. It was also Allen’s dad’s birthday. Allen’s dad passed away when Allen was 16, So for her to find the stray was not just a coincidence, but a life-changing moment.
Mo spent 72 hours at Maricopa County Animal Care and Control, so his previous owners had a chance to claim him.Allen visited mo every day, and it was around that time that she noticed Mo had a “special talent”.
“He looked across the room through a glass window they had, he saw a dog on the other side, and that’s when he screamed for the first time,” Allen recalled.
It’s the kind of shriek that earned Mo the moniker “Mo The Screaming Staffy” and made him an Instagram star.Mo is now a social media influencer, with over 100,000 likes on Facebook after the tale of his rescue was reported on a famous website.Allen claims that the majority of Mo’s screaming occurs during automobile rides.
So this is a handcrafted contraption to keep him safe in the automobile. “We have hooks on both ends of this lead, and it actually clips into the car seat attachment, giving him room to roam and lay down,” Allen explained. “I try to control it as much as I can, but it has come down to — we’ve talked to many trainers, and it’s really not something I’ve been able to correct or get him to quit.” To be honest, I’m not sure we want him to quit since it’s just who he is.”
Mo chirps every now and then. He can also bark, and his loud voice is now assisting in the rescue of other canines like him.Allen and Mo work with local and statewide rescues.
“What’s especially fun about Mo being an influencer is being able to connect with so many other people who are doing similar things on social, and spreading the positive word about pitbull-type dogs and shelter dogs in general,” said Allen. “I’ve had people either laugh hysterically, be extremely startled and then, maybe laugh a little bit, and some people that are just bewildered.”
Allen herself is in awe of Mo, who is very food-motivated.
Allen jokes that she is her dog’s agent, but more than anything, she is grateful he came into her life when he did, a time when she needed saving herself, a time when this screaming staffy gave her purpose.
“It’s so cliche at this point, but they do,” said Allen. “They rescue as much as you rescue them.”
If you would like to meet Mo and help his cause, Mo will be dressed as Santa and helping the One Love Pitbull Foundation to raise money for rescue efforts.