A typical Norwich Terrier tops out around 15.0 mph in Fast CAT. The fastest one on record ran 19.12 mph. 7.7 mph slower than the typical dog (22.7 mph).
Based on the best Fast CAT run of 64 Norwich Terriers, a typical Norwich Terrier tops out at 15.0 mph, and half of them run faster than 15.6 mph. That makes the Norwich Terrier the 215th fastest of the 226 breeds that have run Fast CAT.
Only 1 Norwich Terrier has ever broken 30 mph, and 2 have topped 25 mph.
Among the most popular Terrier breeds, the typical Norwich Terrier is the slowest of the 9. The American Staffordshire Terrier is the quickest of the bunch at 24.0 mph, and the West Highland White Terrier (16.1 mph) runs closest to the Norwich Terrier. Over Fast CAT's 100 yards, the 9.1 mph gap to the American Staffordshire Terrier is about 5.15 seconds.
Kilyka's Lucky Day holds the fastest consistent run by any Norwich Terrier: 19.12 mph at the Dog Agility Club of Long Island in New York on November 22, 2020. That's 100 yards in 10.70 seconds.
AKC's results also show M&M's Little Miss Sunshine at 34.52 mph, but that dog's next-best run is 20.43 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 Norwich Terrier is Tick, with a best of 12.20 mph over 39 logged runs.
Maryland has the most Norwich Terrier runs, 577 of them, followed by Virginia, California, Pennsylvania. The fastest Norwich Terrier run in Maryland is 17.80 mph.
Short legs don't stop anyone from having a blast. Any AKC-registered Norwich Terrier 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.