A typical Berger Picard tops out around 23.4 mph in Fast CAT. The fastest one on record ran 30.04 mph. 0.7 mph faster than the typical dog (22.7 mph). The fastest Berger Picards outrun Usain Bolt's top speed by 2.2 mph.
Based on the best Fast CAT run of 199 Berger Picards, a typical Berger Picard tops out at 23.4 mph, and half of them run faster than 24.4 mph. That makes the Berger Picard the 63rd fastest of the 226 breeds that have run Fast CAT.
Only 1 Berger Picard has ever broken 30 mph, and 82 have topped 25 mph.
Among the most popular Herding breeds, the typical Berger Picard is faster than 4 of 8. The Belgian Malinois is the quickest of the bunch at 26.9 mph, and the German Shepherd Dog (23.7 mph) runs closest to the Berger Picard. Over Fast CAT's 100 yards, the 3.4 mph gap to the Belgian Malinois is about 1.12 seconds.
Uric De La Vie En Rose holds the fastest consistent run by any Berger Picard: 30.04 mph at the Northwest Rhodesian Ridgeback Club in Idaho on April 21, 2025. That's 100 yards in 6.81 seconds.
On Dash-Hound, the fastest Berger Picard is Keana, with a best of 25.86 mph over 8 logged runs.
Not really, but more are running. In 2019, 28 Berger Picards ran Fast CAT, typically at 23.9 mph. In 2025 it was 66 dogs at 23.5 mph.
Wisconsin has the most Berger Picard runs, 346 of them, followed by Florida, North Carolina, New Jersey. The fastest Berger Picard run in Wisconsin is 28.61 mph.
Any AKC-registered Berger Picard 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.