A typical Belgian Tervuren tops out around 24.0 mph in Fast CAT. The fastest one on record ran 30.90 mph. 1.3 mph faster than the typical dog (22.7 mph). The fastest Belgian Tervurens outrun Usain Bolt's top speed by 3.1 mph.
Based on the best Fast CAT run of 661 Belgian Tervurens, a typical Belgian Tervuren tops out at 24.0 mph, and half of them run faster than 24.7 mph. That makes the Belgian Tervuren the 38th fastest of the 226 breeds that have run Fast CAT.
Only 12 Belgian Tervurens have ever broken 30 mph, and 308 have topped 25 mph.
Among the most popular Herding breeds, the typical Belgian Tervuren is faster than 6 of 8. The Belgian Malinois is the quickest of the bunch at 26.9 mph, and the Australian Shepherd (23.8 mph) runs closest to the Belgian Tervuren. Over Fast CAT's 100 yards, the 2.8 mph gap to the Belgian Malinois is about 0.89 seconds.
Rebel Du Poilu holds the fastest consistent run by any Belgian Tervuren: 30.90 mph at the Greater Los Angeles Scent Work Club in California on May 26, 2024. That's 100 yards in 6.62 seconds.
AKC's results also show Wolf Song De First Mountain at 35.12 mph, but that dog's next-best run is 29.60 mph. A jump that big is usually a timing or typing error, so we flag it rather than crown it.
On Dash-Hound, the fastest Belgian Tervuren is Kerasi, with a best of 29.86 mph over 34 logged runs.
Not really, but more are running. In 2017, 38 Belgian Tervurens ran Fast CAT, typically at 24.0 mph. In 2025 it was 198 dogs at 23.9 mph.
Virginia has the most Belgian Tervuren runs, 865 of them, followed by Colorado, Ohio, Florida. The fastest Belgian Tervuren run in Virginia is 28.93 mph.
Any AKC-registered Belgian Tervuren 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.