A typical Puli tops out around 19.2 mph in Fast CAT. The fastest one on record ran 23.92 mph. 3.5 mph slower than the typical dog (22.7 mph). Even a typical Puli would beat most people in a 100-yard sprint.
Based on the best Fast CAT run of 29 Pulis, a typical Puli tops out at 19.2 mph, and half of them run faster than 19.8 mph. That makes the Puli the 164th fastest of the 226 breeds that have run Fast CAT.
1 Puli has topped 25 mph, but none has reached 30 yet.
Among the most popular Herding breeds, the typical Puli is faster than 1 of 8. The Belgian Malinois is the quickest of the bunch at 26.9 mph, and the Shetland Sheepdog (19.6 mph) runs closest to the Puli. Over Fast CAT's 100 yards, the 7.6 mph gap to the Belgian Malinois is about 3.03 seconds.
Bowmaker Here Comes Trouble holds the fastest consistent run by any Puli: 23.92 mph at the American Bullmastiff Association in Florida on November 28, 2021. That's 100 yards in 8.55 seconds.
AKC's results also show Mezok Oltes-Pafranyt at 25.68 mph, but that dog's next-best run is 21.24 mph. A jump that big is usually a timing or typing error, so we flag it rather than crown it.
California has the most Puli runs, 169 of them, followed by Florida, Georgia, New Jersey. The fastest Puli run in California is 22.04 mph.
Any AKC-registered Puli 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.