A typical Small Munsterlander tops out around 24.7 mph in Fast CAT. The fastest one on record ran 27.68 mph. 2.0 mph faster than the typical dog (22.7 mph). Even a typical Small Munsterlander would beat most people in a 100-yard sprint.
Based on the best Fast CAT run of 18 Small Munsterlanders, a typical Small Munsterlander tops out at 24.7 mph, and half of them run faster than 25.9 mph. That makes the Small Munsterlander the 26th fastest of the 226 breeds that have run Fast CAT.
11 Small Munsterlanders have topped 25 mph, but none has reached 30 yet.
Among the most popular Sporting breeds, the typical Small Munsterlander is faster than 6 of 8. The Vizsla is the quickest of the bunch at 24.9 mph, and the German Shorthaired Pointer (24.8 mph) runs closest to the Small Munsterlander. Over Fast CAT's 100 yards, the 0.2 mph gap to the Vizsla is about 0.06 seconds.
Mustain's Mirrors & Fevers V Ronko holds the fastest consistent run by any Small Munsterlander: 27.68 mph at the Go Dogs Agility Club of Greater Omaha in Nebraska on May 2, 2021. That's 100 yards in 7.39 seconds.
AKC's results also show Vaughan's Akiva Of Wescot at 28.65 mph, but that dog's next-best run is 25.47 mph. A jump that big is usually a timing or typing error, so we flag it rather than crown it.
Pennsylvania has the most Small Munsterlander runs, 63 of them, followed by Wisconsin, Nebraska, Iowa. The fastest Small Munsterlander run in Pennsylvania is 28.65 mph.
Any AKC-registered Small Munsterlander 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.