A typical Dandie Dinmont Terrier tops out around 13.7 mph in Fast CAT. The fastest one on record ran 21.40 mph. 9.0 mph slower than the typical dog (22.7 mph).
Based on the best Fast CAT run of 17 Dandie Dinmont Terriers, a typical Dandie Dinmont Terrier tops out at 13.7 mph, and half of them run faster than 13.3 mph. That puts the Dandie Dinmont Terrier 225th of the 226 breeds that have run Fast CAT, near the back of the pack.
None has reached 25 mph yet, but plenty of Dandie Dinmont Terriers love the chase anyway.
Among the most popular Terrier breeds, the typical Dandie Dinmont Terrier is the slowest of the 9. The American Staffordshire Terrier is the quickest of the bunch at 24.0 mph, and the West Highland White Terrier (16.1 mph) runs closest to the Dandie Dinmont Terrier. Over Fast CAT's 100 yards, the 10.4 mph gap to the American Staffordshire Terrier is about 6.44 seconds.
King's Mtn. Holly Berry holds the fastest consistent run by any Dandie Dinmont Terrier: 21.40 mph at the San Francisco Bay Weimaraner Club in California on October 19, 2025. That's 100 yards in 9.56 seconds.
Georgia has the most Dandie Dinmont Terrier runs, 85 of them, followed by Tennessee, California, Texas. The fastest Dandie Dinmont Terrier run in Georgia is 16.85 mph.
Short legs don't stop anyone from having a blast. Any AKC-registered Dandie Dinmont Terrier 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.