A typical Basset Fauve de Bretagne tops out around 18.5 mph in Fast CAT. The fastest one on record ran 22.73 mph. 4.2 mph slower than the typical dog (22.7 mph). Even a typical Basset Fauve de Bretagne would beat most people in a 100-yard sprint.
Based on the best Fast CAT run of 49 Basset Fauve de Bretagnes, a typical Basset Fauve de Bretagne tops out at 18.5 mph, and half of them run faster than 18.7 mph. That makes the Basset Fauve de Bretagne the 178th fastest of the 226 breeds that have run Fast CAT.
None has reached 25 mph yet, but plenty of Basset Fauve de Bretagnes love the chase anyway.
Among the most popular Hound breeds, the typical Basset Fauve de Bretagne is faster than 1 of 8. The Greyhound is the quickest of the bunch at 32.9 mph, and the Beagle (19.7 mph) runs closest to the Basset Fauve de Bretagne. Over Fast CAT's 100 yards, the 14.4 mph gap to the Greyhound is about 4.82 seconds.
Solow Puffin D'Aahroo holds the fastest consistent run by any Basset Fauve de Bretagne: 22.73 mph at the Ibizan Hound Club of the United States in Missouri on September 13, 2024. That's 100 yards in 9.00 seconds.
Florida has the most Basset Fauve de Bretagne runs, 93 of them, followed by Illinois, Kentucky, California. The fastest Basset Fauve de Bretagne run in Florida is 22.02 mph.
Any AKC-registered Basset Fauve de Bretagne 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.