A typical Canaan Dog tops out around 23.9 mph in Fast CAT. The fastest one on record ran 30.71 mph. 1.2 mph faster than the typical dog (22.7 mph). The fastest Canaan Dogs outrun Usain Bolt's top speed by 2.9 mph.
Based on the best Fast CAT run of 66 Canaan Dogs, a typical Canaan Dog tops out at 23.9 mph, and half of them run faster than 25.9 mph. That makes the Canaan Dog the 46th fastest of the 226 breeds that have run Fast CAT.
Only 1 Canaan Dog has ever broken 30 mph, and 40 have topped 25 mph.
Among the most popular Herding breeds, the typical Canaan Dog 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 Canaan Dog. Over Fast CAT's 100 yards, the 3.0 mph gap to the Belgian Malinois is about 0.95 seconds.
River Rock Undercover Of Darkness holds the fastest consistent run by any Canaan Dog: 30.71 mph at the German Shepherd Dog Club of Atlanta in Georgia on September 12, 2020. That's 100 yards in 6.66 seconds.
On Dash-Hound, the fastest Canaan Dog is Yennefer, with a best of 26.84 mph over 5 logged runs.
Not really, but more are running. In 2021, 26 Canaan Dogs ran Fast CAT, typically at 24.2 mph. In 2023 it was 26 dogs at 24.1 mph.
Georgia has the most Canaan Dog runs, 752 of them, followed by Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee. The fastest Canaan Dog run in Georgia is 30.71 mph.
Any AKC-registered Canaan Dog 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.