A typical Chinook tops out around 22.1 mph in Fast CAT. The fastest one on record ran 26.33 mph. 0.6 mph slower than the typical dog (22.7 mph). Even a typical Chinook would beat most people in a 100-yard sprint.
Based on the best Fast CAT run of 24 Chinooks, a typical Chinook tops out at 22.1 mph, and half of them run faster than 22.1 mph. That makes the Chinook the 101st fastest of the 226 breeds that have run Fast CAT.
2 Chinooks have topped 25 mph, but none has reached 30 yet.
Among the most popular Working breeds, the typical Chinook is faster than 2 of 8. The Boxer is the quickest of the bunch at 25.2 mph, and the Cane Corso (22.1 mph) runs closest to the Chinook. Over Fast CAT's 100 yards, the 3.1 mph gap to the Boxer is about 1.15 seconds.
Spook Nook Kala holds the fastest consistent run by any Chinook: 26.33 mph at the Irish Wolfhound Association of the Garden State in New Jersey on September 26, 2021. That's 100 yards in 7.77 seconds.
Florida has the most Chinook runs, 47 of them, followed by Washington, New Jersey, Alaska. The fastest Chinook run in Florida is 22.43 mph.
Any AKC-registered Chinook 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.