A typical Norwegian Elkhound tops out around 21.0 mph in Fast CAT. The fastest one on record ran 27.72 mph. 1.7 mph slower than the typical dog (22.7 mph). Even a typical Norwegian Elkhound would beat most people in a 100-yard sprint.
Based on the best Fast CAT run of 81 Norwegian Elkhounds, a typical Norwegian Elkhound tops out at 21.0 mph, and half of them run faster than 22.3 mph. That makes the Norwegian Elkhound the 136th fastest of the 226 breeds that have run Fast CAT.
11 Norwegian Elkhounds have topped 25 mph, but none has reached 30 yet.
Among the most popular Hound breeds, the typical Norwegian Elkhound is faster than 2 of 8. The Greyhound is the quickest of the bunch at 32.9 mph, and the Beagle (19.7 mph) runs closest to the Norwegian Elkhound. Over Fast CAT's 100 yards, the 11.9 mph gap to the Greyhound is about 3.52 seconds.
5m's Lily Of The Rockies holds the fastest consistent run by any Norwegian Elkhound: 27.72 mph at the Denver Samoyed Association in Colorado on March 2, 2024. That's 100 yards in 7.38 seconds.
AKC's results also show Palmahra's Meant To Bean at 28.81 mph, but that dog's next-best run is 23.70 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 Norwegian Elkhound is Nash, with a best of 24.18 mph over 47 logged runs.
Wisconsin has the most Norwegian Elkhound runs, 341 of them, followed by Michigan, Illinois, Colorado. The fastest Norwegian Elkhound run in Wisconsin is 28.81 mph.
Any AKC-registered Norwegian Elkhound 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.