A typical Lancashire Heeler tops out around 18.3 mph in Fast CAT. The fastest one on record ran 22.80 mph. 4.4 mph slower than the typical dog (22.7 mph). Even a typical Lancashire Heeler would beat most people in a 100-yard sprint.
Based on the best Fast CAT run of 45 Lancashire Heelers, a typical Lancashire Heeler tops out at 18.3 mph, and half of them run faster than 18.5 mph. That makes the Lancashire Heeler the 179th fastest of the 226 breeds that have run Fast CAT.
None has reached 25 mph yet, but plenty of Lancashire Heelers love the chase anyway.
Among the most popular Herding breeds, the typical Lancashire Heeler is faster than 1 of 8. The Belgian Malinois is the quickest of the bunch at 26.9 mph, and the Pembroke Welsh Corgi (17.4 mph) runs closest to the Lancashire Heeler. Over Fast CAT's 100 yards, the 8.6 mph gap to the Belgian Malinois is about 3.57 seconds.
Icaray Brilliant Brandy holds the fastest consistent run by any Lancashire Heeler: 22.80 mph at the San Francisco Bay Weimaraner Club in California on October 21, 2023. That's 100 yards in 8.97 seconds.
AKC's results also show Prestige Hoxie Of Kimmark at 24.24 mph, but that dog's next-best run is 20.19 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 Lancashire Heeler is Fly, with a best of 19.76 mph over 102 logged runs.
Wisconsin has the most Lancashire Heeler runs, 421 of them, followed by New Hampshire, Nebraska, Connecticut. The fastest Lancashire Heeler run in Wisconsin is 20.91 mph.
Any AKC-registered Lancashire Heeler 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.