A typical Lowchen tops out around 19.3 mph in Fast CAT. The fastest one on record ran 25.70 mph. 3.4 mph slower than the typical dog (22.7 mph). Even a typical Lowchen would beat most people in a 100-yard sprint.
Based on the best Fast CAT run of 87 Lowchens, a typical Lowchen tops out at 19.3 mph, and half of them run faster than 20.2 mph. That makes the Lowchen the 160th fastest of the 226 breeds that have run Fast CAT.
6 Lowchens have topped 25 mph, but none has reached 30 yet.
Among the most popular Non-Sporting breeds, the typical Lowchen is faster than 1 of 8. The Dalmatian is the quickest of the bunch at 25.1 mph, and the Schipperke (19.8 mph) runs closest to the Lowchen. Over Fast CAT's 100 yards, the 5.7 mph gap to the Dalmatian is about 2.42 seconds.
Sylvan Myst Crash Landing holds the fastest consistent run by any Lowchen: 25.70 mph at the Tucson Kennel Club in Arizona on November 18, 2023. That's 100 yards in 7.96 seconds.
AKC's results also show Roman Reign We'Re Back, We'Re Bad at 26.70 mph, but that dog's next-best run is 17.17 mph. A jump that big is usually a timing or typing error, so we flag it rather than crown it.
Lowchens come in more than one Fast CAT height group. 29 measured under 12 inches and averaged 19.8 mph; 57 measured 12 to 18 inches and averaged 19.3 mph. Smaller dogs earn extra points per mph toward their titles, so the shorter ones rack up titles faster.
Not really, but more are running. In 2022, 26 Lowchens ran Fast CAT, typically at 19.2 mph. In 2025 it was 26 dogs at 19.5 mph.
California has the most Lowchen runs, 341 of them, followed by Wisconsin, Michigan, Virginia. The fastest Lowchen run in California is 26.53 mph.
Any AKC-registered Lowchen 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.