A typical Skye Terrier tops out around 14.1 mph in Fast CAT. The fastest one on record ran 19.63 mph. 8.6 mph slower than the typical dog (22.7 mph).
Based on the best Fast CAT run of 30 Skye Terriers, a typical Skye Terrier tops out at 14.1 mph, and half of them run faster than 14.9 mph. That puts the Skye Terrier 223rd of the 226 breeds that have run Fast CAT, near the back of the pack.
None has reached 25 mph yet, but plenty of Skye Terriers love the chase anyway.
Among the most popular Terrier breeds, the typical Skye 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 Skye Terrier. Over Fast CAT's 100 yards, the 9.9 mph gap to the American Staffordshire Terrier is about 5.99 seconds.
Demi's Home At Celticaires holds the fastest consistent run by any Skye Terrier: 19.63 mph at the North Shore Kennel Club in Connecticut on June 18, 2023. That's 100 yards in 10.42 seconds.
New Hampshire has the most Skye Terrier runs, 65 of them, followed by Michigan, Colorado, Connecticut. The fastest Skye Terrier run in New Hampshire is 18.23 mph.
Short legs don't stop anyone from having a blast. Any AKC-registered Skye 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.