A typical Miniature American Shepherd tops out around 22.4 mph in Fast CAT. The fastest one on record ran 30.48 mph. Right in line with the typical dog (22.7 mph). The fastest Miniature American Shepherds outrun Usain Bolt's top speed by 2.7 mph.
Based on the best Fast CAT run of 1,738 Miniature American Shepherds, a typical Miniature American Shepherd tops out at 22.4 mph, and half of them run faster than 23.0 mph. That makes the Miniature American Shepherd the 92nd fastest of the 226 breeds that have run Fast CAT.
Only 9 Miniature American Shepherds have ever broken 30 mph, and 444 have topped 25 mph.
Among the most popular Herding breeds, the typical Miniature American Shepherd is faster than 3 of 8. The Belgian Malinois is the quickest of the bunch at 26.9 mph, and the Australian Cattle Dog (23.5 mph) runs closest to the Miniature American Shepherd. Over Fast CAT's 100 yards, the 4.5 mph gap to the Belgian Malinois is about 1.52 seconds.
Latigos Kiss Of The Snitch holds the fastest consistent run by any Miniature American Shepherd: 30.48 mph at the Lawton Dog Fanciers Association in Oklahoma on June 27, 2024. That's 100 yards in 6.71 seconds.
AKC's results also show Latigo's Divinator By Stars at 33.81 mph, but that dog's next-best run is 30.62 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 Miniature American Shepherd is Sovereign, with a best of 30.43 mph over 44 logged runs.
A little. The typical Miniature American Shepherd ran 21.7 mph in 2017 (52 dogs) and 22.5 mph in 2025 (617 dogs). As more everyday pets join in, the average moves around.
Missouri has the most Miniature American Shepherd runs, 2,158 of them, followed by Florida, Oklahoma, Minnesota. The fastest Miniature American Shepherd run in Missouri is 29.52 mph.
Any AKC-registered Miniature American Shepherd 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.