A typical Dogue de Bordeaux tops out around 21.1 mph in Fast CAT. The fastest one on record ran 29.56 mph. 1.6 mph slower than the typical dog (22.7 mph). The fastest Dogue de Bordeauxes outrun Usain Bolt's top speed by 1.8 mph.
Based on the best Fast CAT run of 16 Dogue de Bordeauxes, a typical Dogue de Bordeaux tops out at 21.1 mph, and half of them run faster than 20.9 mph. That makes the Dogue de Bordeaux the 132nd fastest of the 226 breeds that have run Fast CAT.
Only 1 Dogue de Bordeaux has ever broken 30 mph, and 4 have topped 25 mph.
Among the most popular Working breeds, the typical Dogue de Bordeaux is the slowest of the 9. The Boxer is the quickest of the bunch at 25.2 mph, and the Samoyed (21.4 mph) runs closest to the Dogue de Bordeaux. Over Fast CAT's 100 yards, the 4.0 mph gap to the Boxer is about 1.55 seconds.
Sincity's Rekindle The Fire holds the fastest consistent run by any Dogue de Bordeaux: 29.56 mph at the Silver State Kennel Club in Nevada on April 29, 2023. That's 100 yards in 6.92 seconds.
AKC's results also show Sol Invictus Caribbean Calvary at 30.67 mph, but that dog's next-best run is 25.66 mph. A jump that big is usually a timing or typing error, so we flag it rather than crown it.
Texas has the most Dogue de Bordeaux runs, 36 of them, followed by Tennessee, Missouri, Florida. The fastest Dogue de Bordeaux run in Texas is 27.61 mph.
Any AKC-registered Dogue de Bordeaux 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.