A typical Dutch Shepherd tops out around 27.2 mph in Fast CAT. The fastest one on record ran 32.62 mph. 4.5 mph faster than the typical dog (22.7 mph). The fastest Dutch Shepherds outrun Usain Bolt's top speed by 4.8 mph.
Based on the best Fast CAT run of 218 Dutch Shepherds, a typical Dutch Shepherd tops out at 27.2 mph, and half of them run faster than 27.6 mph. That makes the Dutch Shepherd the 6th fastest of the 226 breeds that have run Fast CAT.
Only 12 Dutch Shepherds have ever broken 30 mph, and 191 have topped 25 mph.
Among the most popular Herding breeds, the typical Dutch Shepherd is the fastest of them all. The Belgian Malinois (26.9 mph) comes closest. Over Fast CAT's 100 yards, the 0.4 mph gap to the Belgian Malinois is about 0.10 seconds.
KC's Shop-A-Holic holds the fastest consistent run by any Dutch Shepherd: 32.62 mph at the Michiana Scent Work Club in Indiana on April 14, 2018. That's 100 yards in 6.27 seconds.
AKC's results also show Smart Mouths No Caps Silent Slayer at 33.31 mph, but that dog's next-best run is 30.85 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 Dutch Shepherd is Jax, with a best of 30.53 mph over 9 logged runs.
Not really, but more are running. In 2021, 47 Dutch Shepherds ran Fast CAT, typically at 27.0 mph. In 2025 it was 74 dogs at 27.4 mph.
Wisconsin has the most Dutch Shepherd runs, 528 of them, followed by Florida, New York, Ohio. The fastest Dutch Shepherd run in Wisconsin is 29.86 mph.
Any AKC-registered Dutch Shepherd 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.