A typical Lhasa Apso tops out around 15.8 mph in Fast CAT. The fastest one on record ran 25.85 mph. 6.9 mph slower than the typical dog (22.7 mph). Even a typical Lhasa Apso would beat most people in a 100-yard sprint.
Based on the best Fast CAT run of 18 Lhasa Apsos, a typical Lhasa Apso tops out at 15.8 mph, and half of them run faster than 15.5 mph. That makes the Lhasa Apso the 208th fastest of the 226 breeds that have run Fast CAT.
1 Lhasa Apso has topped 25 mph, but none has reached 30 yet.
Among the most popular Non-Sporting breeds, the typical Lhasa Apso is the slowest of the 9. The Dalmatian is the quickest of the bunch at 25.1 mph, and the French Bulldog (17.4 mph) runs closest to the Lhasa Apso. Over Fast CAT's 100 yards, the 9.3 mph gap to the Dalmatian is about 4.79 seconds.
Smith's Lhasa Apsos holds the fastest consistent run by any Lhasa Apso: 25.85 mph at the Columbus All Breed Training Club in Ohio on October 10, 2020. That's 100 yards in 7.91 seconds.
Minnesota has the most Lhasa Apso runs, 66 of them, followed by New Jersey, Montana, West Virginia. The fastest Lhasa Apso run in Minnesota is 18.23 mph.
Short legs don't stop anyone from having a blast. Any AKC-registered Lhasa Apso over 12 months old can enter, small dogs earn twice the points per mph toward their titles, and the crowd always cheers loudest for the little ones. Have someone your dog will run to waiting past the finish line.
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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.