A typical Anatolian Shepherd Dog tops out around 22.4 mph in Fast CAT. The fastest one on record ran 26.56 mph. Right in line with the typical dog (22.7 mph). Even a typical Anatolian Shepherd Dog would beat most people in a 100-yard sprint.
Based on the best Fast CAT run of 18 Anatolian Shepherd Dogs, a typical Anatolian Shepherd Dog tops out at 22.4 mph, and half of them run faster than 23.4 mph. That makes the Anatolian Shepherd Dog the 93rd fastest of the 226 breeds that have run Fast CAT.
4 Anatolian Shepherd Dogs have topped 25 mph, but none has reached 30 yet.
Among the most popular Working breeds, the typical Anatolian Shepherd Dog is faster than 4 of 8. The Boxer is the quickest of the bunch at 25.2 mph, and the Rottweiler (22.6 mph) runs closest to the Anatolian Shepherd Dog. Over Fast CAT's 100 yards, the 2.8 mph gap to the Boxer is about 1.02 seconds.
Titus DeHarak holds the fastest consistent run by any Anatolian Shepherd Dog: 26.56 mph at the Rocky Mountain Hound Association of Colorado in Colorado on October 24, 2020. That's 100 yards in 7.70 seconds.
California has the most Anatolian Shepherd Dog runs, 60 of them, followed by North Carolina, Ohio, Florida. The fastest Anatolian Shepherd Dog run in California is 26.26 mph.
Any AKC-registered Anatolian Shepherd Dog over 12 months old can enter, and your dog runs alone down a straight 100 yards. Most dogs figure out the lure fast. Have someone your dog will run to waiting past the finish line, because a dog that stops to check on you can lose a second or two.
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Speeds from AKC Fast CAT results. Photographers: spotted your work? Tell us at [email protected] and we'll credit it or take it down.