A typical Chihuahua tops out around 15.8 mph in Fast CAT. The fastest one on record ran 24.85 mph. 6.9 mph slower than the typical dog (22.7 mph). Even a typical Chihuahua would beat most people in a 100-yard sprint.
Based on the best Fast CAT run of 206 Chihuahuas, a typical Chihuahua tops out at 15.8 mph, and half of them run faster than 15.8 mph. That makes the Chihuahua the 209th fastest of the 226 breeds that have run Fast CAT.
2 Chihuahuas have topped 25 mph, but none has reached 30 yet.
Among the most popular Toy breeds, the typical Chihuahua is faster than 1 of 8. The Italian Greyhound is the quickest of the bunch at 23.5 mph, and the Pomeranian (15.6 mph) runs closest to the Chihuahua. Over Fast CAT's 100 yards, the 7.8 mph gap to the Italian Greyhound is about 4.28 seconds.
Dancing To A Different BeetBox holds the fastest consistent run by any Chihuahua: 24.85 mph at the Shawangunk Kennel Club in New York on April 8, 2023. That's 100 yards in 8.23 seconds.
AKC's results also show Cavahua's Belle Of The Ball at 26.12 mph, but that dog's next-best run is 16.79 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 Chihuahua is Badger, with a best of 20.50 mph over 28 logged runs.
Not really, but more are running. In 2021, 38 Chihuahuas ran Fast CAT, typically at 16.1 mph. In 2025 it was 83 dogs at 15.8 mph.
Florida has the most Chihuahua runs, 1,562 of them, followed by Texas, Illinois, Ohio. The fastest Chihuahua run in Florida is 26.12 mph.
Short legs don't stop anyone from having a blast. Any AKC-registered Chihuahua 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.