A typical Black Russian Terrier tops out around 18.0 mph in Fast CAT. The fastest one on record ran 26.36 mph. 4.7 mph slower than the typical dog (22.7 mph). Even a typical Black Russian Terrier would beat most people in a 100-yard sprint.
Based on the best Fast CAT run of 42 Black Russian Terriers, a typical Black Russian Terrier tops out at 18.0 mph, and half of them run faster than 19.3 mph. That makes the Black Russian Terrier the 184th fastest of the 226 breeds that have run Fast CAT.
4 Black Russian Terriers have topped 25 mph, but none has reached 30 yet.
Among the most popular Working breeds, the typical Black Russian Terrier is the slowest of the 9. The Boxer is the quickest of the bunch at 25.2 mph, and the Samoyed (21.4 mph) runs closest to the Black Russian Terrier. Over Fast CAT's 100 yards, the 7.2 mph gap to the Boxer is about 3.24 seconds.
Ascent & Naissur Will You Do The Fandango? holds the fastest consistent run by any Black Russian Terrier: 26.36 mph at the Lawton Dog Fanciers Association in Oklahoma on June 26, 2024. That's 100 yards in 7.76 seconds.
AKC's results also show Midnightsolo Easy Does It at 27.06 mph, but that dog's next-best run is 22.26 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 Black Russian Terrier is Rurik, with a best of 23.11 mph over 34 logged runs.
Tennessee has the most Black Russian Terrier runs, 66 of them, followed by Virginia, Colorado, New Hampshire. The fastest Black Russian Terrier run in Tennessee is 23.32 mph.
Short legs don't stop anyone from having a blast. Any AKC-registered Black Russian 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.