A typical Danish-Swedish Farmdog tops out around 22.7 mph in Fast CAT. The fastest one on record ran 26.69 mph. Right in line with the typical dog (22.7 mph). Even a typical Danish-Swedish Farmdog would beat most people in a 100-yard sprint.
Based on the best Fast CAT run of 121 Danish-Swedish Farmdogs, a typical Danish-Swedish Farmdog tops out at 22.7 mph, and half of them run faster than 23.2 mph. That makes the Danish-Swedish Farmdog the 78th fastest of the 226 breeds that have run Fast CAT.
21 Danish-Swedish Farmdogs have topped 25 mph, but none has reached 30 yet.
Among the most popular Herding breeds, the typical Danish-Swedish Farmdog is faster than 4 of 8. The Belgian Malinois is the quickest of the bunch at 26.9 mph, and the Miniature American Shepherd (22.4 mph) runs closest to the Danish-Swedish Farmdog. Over Fast CAT's 100 yards, the 4.1 mph gap to the Belgian Malinois is about 1.38 seconds.
Flora's Bingo The Story Never Ends holds the fastest consistent run by any Danish-Swedish Farmdog: 26.69 mph at the Ohio River Basin Shiba Inu Fanciers in Kentucky on May 29, 2026. That's 100 yards in 7.66 seconds.
AKC's results also show Quicksilver Extra Hot at 28.92 mph, but that dog's next-best run is 25.35 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 Danish-Swedish Farmdog is Atreyu, with a best of 26.69 mph over 39 logged runs.
Danish-Swedish Farmdogs come in more than one Fast CAT height group. 17 measured under 12 inches and averaged 21.4 mph; 101 measured 12 to 18 inches and averaged 22.9 mph. Smaller dogs earn extra points per mph toward their titles, so the shorter ones rack up titles faster.
Not really, but more are running. In 2022, 26 Danish-Swedish Farmdogs ran Fast CAT, typically at 22.9 mph. In 2025 it was 54 dogs at 23.5 mph.
California has the most Danish-Swedish Farmdog runs, 444 of them, followed by Florida, Wisconsin, Colorado. The fastest Danish-Swedish Farmdog run in California is 27.09 mph.
Any AKC-registered Danish-Swedish Farmdog 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.