A typical Doberman Pinscher tops out around 23.9 mph in Fast CAT. The fastest one on record ran 29.56 mph. 1.2 mph faster than the typical dog (22.7 mph). The fastest Doberman Pinschers outrun Usain Bolt's top speed by 1.8 mph.
Doberman, Dobie: same breed, same answer. Based on the best Fast CAT run of 2,427 Doberman Pinschers, a typical Doberman Pinscher tops out at 23.9 mph, and half of them run faster than 24.3 mph. That makes the Doberman Pinscher the 43rd fastest of the 226 breeds that have run Fast CAT.
Only 17 Doberman Pinschers have ever broken 30 mph, and 890 have topped 25 mph.
Among the most popular Working breeds, the typical Doberman Pinscher is faster than 7 of 8. The Boxer is the quickest of the bunch at 25.2 mph, and the Siberian Husky (23.6 mph) runs closest to the Doberman Pinscher. Over Fast CAT's 100 yards, the 1.2 mph gap to the Boxer is about 0.42 seconds.
R&R Ranger Protecter Of The Night holds the fastest consistent run by any Doberman Pinscher: 29.56 mph at the Cudahy Kennel Club in Wisconsin on May 14, 2016. That's 100 yards in 6.92 seconds.
AKC's results also show Mi-Ti's Judge Judy at 37.19 mph, but that dog's next-best run is 28.61 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 Doberman Pinscher is Gator, with a best of 27.83 mph over 58 logged runs.
Not really, but more are running. In 2016, 52 Doberman Pinschers ran Fast CAT, typically at 23.7 mph. In 2025 it was 641 dogs at 23.9 mph.
Ohio has the most Doberman Pinscher runs, 2,662 of them, followed by Texas, Wisconsin, Virginia. The fastest Doberman Pinscher run in Ohio is 37.19 mph.
Any AKC-registered Doberman Pinscher 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.