A typical Bouvier des Flandres tops out around 21.8 mph in Fast CAT. The fastest one on record ran 29.14 mph. 0.9 mph slower than the typical dog (22.7 mph). The fastest Bouvier des Flandreses outrun Usain Bolt's top speed by 1.3 mph.
Based on the best Fast CAT run of 176 Bouvier des Flandreses, a typical Bouvier des Flandres tops out at 21.8 mph, and half of them run faster than 22.3 mph. That makes the Bouvier des Flandres the 113th fastest of the 226 breeds that have run Fast CAT.
37 Bouvier des Flandreses have topped 25 mph, but none has reached 30 yet.
Among the most popular Herding breeds, the typical Bouvier des Flandres is faster than 3 of 8. The Belgian Malinois is the quickest of the bunch at 26.9 mph, and the Miniature American Shepherd (22.4 mph) runs closest to the Bouvier des Flandres. Over Fast CAT's 100 yards, the 5.1 mph gap to the Belgian Malinois is about 1.78 seconds.
Silver Maplez Jasms Zen Cowboy holds the fastest consistent run by any Bouvier des Flandres: 29.14 mph at the Pocatello Kennel Club in Idaho on June 14, 2019. That's 100 yards in 7.02 seconds.
On Dash-Hound, the fastest Bouvier des Flandres is Tyrion, with a best of 27.80 mph over 64 logged runs.
Not really, but more are running. In 2018, 26 Bouvier des Flandreses ran Fast CAT, typically at 22.1 mph. In 2025 it was 41 dogs at 21.9 mph.
Washington has the most Bouvier des Flandres runs, 181 of them, followed by California, Colorado, Oregon. The fastest Bouvier des Flandres run in Washington is 26.91 mph.
Any AKC-registered Bouvier des Flandres 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.