A typical Lakeland Terrier tops out around 19.7 mph in Fast CAT. The fastest one on record ran 26.40 mph. 3.0 mph slower than the typical dog (22.7 mph). Even a typical Lakeland Terrier would beat most people in a 100-yard sprint.
Based on the best Fast CAT run of 60 Lakeland Terriers, a typical Lakeland Terrier tops out at 19.7 mph, and half of them run faster than 20.5 mph. That makes the Lakeland Terrier the 157th fastest of the 226 breeds that have run Fast CAT.
4 Lakeland Terriers have topped 25 mph, but none has reached 30 yet.
Among the most popular Terrier breeds, the typical Lakeland Terrier is faster than 4 of 8. The American Staffordshire Terrier is the quickest of the bunch at 24.0 mph, and the Russell Terrier (19.2 mph) runs closest to the Lakeland Terrier. Over Fast CAT's 100 yards, the 4.3 mph gap to the American Staffordshire Terrier is about 1.86 seconds.
Brush Creek Luna Doolin holds the fastest consistent run by any Lakeland Terrier: 26.40 mph at the Ochlockonee River Kennel Club of Florida in Florida on February 27, 2021. That's 100 yards in 7.75 seconds.
AKC's results also show Slicey Arthur Conan Doyle at 29.94 mph, but that dog's next-best run is 23.12 mph. A jump that big is usually a timing or typing error, so we flag it rather than crown it.
California has the most Lakeland Terrier runs, 190 of them, followed by Wisconsin, Iowa, Virginia. The fastest Lakeland Terrier run in California is 27.16 mph.
Any AKC-registered Lakeland Terrier 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.