A typical Keeshond tops out around 20.4 mph in Fast CAT. The fastest one on record ran 26.55 mph. 2.3 mph slower than the typical dog (22.7 mph). Even a typical Keeshond would beat most people in a 100-yard sprint.
Based on the best Fast CAT run of 278 Keeshonds, a typical Keeshond tops out at 20.4 mph, and half of them run faster than 21.2 mph. That makes the Keeshond the 147th fastest of the 226 breeds that have run Fast CAT.
18 Keeshonds have topped 25 mph, but none has reached 30 yet.
Among the most popular Non-Sporting breeds, the typical Keeshond is faster than 2 of 8. The Dalmatian is the quickest of the bunch at 25.1 mph, and the Miniature Poodle (20.4 mph) runs closest to the Keeshond. Over Fast CAT's 100 yards, the 4.7 mph gap to the Dalmatian is about 1.87 seconds.
Wund-R Y Take It On The Run holds the fastest consistent run by any Keeshond: 26.55 mph at the Atlanta Kennel Club in Georgia on April 15, 2022. That's 100 yards in 7.70 seconds.
AKC's results also show Shoreline's Just One More at 29.18 mph, but that dog's next-best run is 23.78 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 Keeshond is Keeva, with a best of 20.94 mph over 10 logged runs.
Not really, but more are running. In 2019, 28 Keeshonds ran Fast CAT, typically at 21.3 mph. In 2025 it was 86 dogs at 20.8 mph.
Virginia has the most Keeshond runs, 867 of them, followed by Ohio, Colorado, Wisconsin. The fastest Keeshond run in Virginia is 25.79 mph.
Any AKC-registered Keeshond 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.