A typical Dachshund tops out around 13.9 mph in Fast CAT. The fastest one on record ran 25.99 mph. 8.8 mph slower than the typical dog (22.7 mph).
Doxie, wiener dog: same breed, same answer. Based on the best Fast CAT run of 1,188 Dachshunds, a typical Dachshund tops out at 13.9 mph, and half of them run faster than 13.9 mph. That puts the Dachshund 224th of the 226 breeds that have run Fast CAT, near the back of the pack.
7 Dachshunds have topped 25 mph, but none has reached 30 yet.
Among the most popular Hound breeds, the typical Dachshund is the slowest of the 9. The Greyhound is the quickest of the bunch at 32.9 mph, and the Beagle (19.7 mph) runs closest to the Dachshund. Over Fast CAT's 100 yards, the 19.0 mph gap to the Greyhound is about 8.53 seconds.
Von Schatten Foxy Lady holds the fastest consistent run by any Dachshund: 25.99 mph at the Waukesha Kennel Club in Wisconsin on July 31, 2021. That's 100 yards in 7.87 seconds.
AKC's results also show Gucci Von Links Sl V Howell at 28.97 mph, but that dog's next-best run is 16.84 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 Dachshund is Brosie, with a best of 20.52 mph over 118 logged runs.
A little. The typical Dachshund ran 12.2 mph in 2016 (30 dogs) and 13.8 mph in 2025 (387 dogs). As more everyday pets join in, the average moves around.
Ohio has the most Dachshund runs, 1,341 of them, followed by Wisconsin, New Jersey, Florida. The fastest Dachshund run in Ohio is 23.19 mph.
Short legs don't stop anyone from having a blast. Any AKC-registered Dachshund 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.