A typical Biewer Terrier tops out around 15.9 mph in Fast CAT. The fastest one on record ran 25.92 mph. 6.8 mph slower than the typical dog (22.7 mph). Even a typical Biewer Terrier would beat most people in a 100-yard sprint.
Based on the best Fast CAT run of 81 Biewer Terriers, a typical Biewer Terrier tops out at 15.9 mph, and half of them run faster than 16.3 mph. That makes the Biewer Terrier the 206th fastest of the 226 breeds that have run Fast CAT.
1 Biewer Terrier has topped 25 mph, but none has reached 30 yet.
Among the most popular Toy breeds, the typical Biewer Terrier is faster than 2 of 8. The Italian Greyhound is the quickest of the bunch at 23.5 mph, and the Havanese (16.1 mph) runs closest to the Biewer Terrier. Over Fast CAT's 100 yards, the 7.6 mph gap to the Italian Greyhound is about 4.12 seconds.
Double Heart's Don'T Take My Man holds the fastest consistent run by any Biewer Terrier: 25.92 mph at the Loyalhanna Agility Club in Pennsylvania on September 23, 2023. That's 100 yards in 7.89 seconds.
On Dash-Hound, the fastest Biewer Terrier is Artie, with a best of 22.28 mph over 26 logged runs.
Not really, but more are running. In 2023, 25 Biewer Terriers ran Fast CAT, typically at 16.3 mph. In 2025 it was 35 dogs at 16.1 mph.
California has the most Biewer Terrier runs, 381 of them, followed by Georgia, Maryland, Wisconsin. The fastest Biewer Terrier run in California is 20.60 mph.
Short legs don't stop anyone from having a blast. Any AKC-registered Biewer Terrier over 12 months old can enter, small dogs earn twice the points per mph toward their titles, and the crowd always cheers loudest for the little ones. Have someone your dog will run to waiting past the finish line.
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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.