A typical Stabyhoun tops out around 21.9 mph in Fast CAT. The fastest one on record ran 26.63 mph. 0.8 mph slower than the typical dog (22.7 mph). Even a typical Stabyhoun would beat most people in a 100-yard sprint.
Based on the best Fast CAT run of 32 Stabyhouns, a typical Stabyhoun tops out at 21.9 mph, and half of them run faster than 23.1 mph. That makes the Stabyhoun the 108th fastest of the 226 breeds that have run Fast CAT.
8 Stabyhouns have topped 25 mph, but none has reached 30 yet.
Among the most popular Sporting breeds, the typical Stabyhoun is the slowest of the 9. The Vizsla is the quickest of the bunch at 24.9 mph, and the English Springer Spaniel (22.2 mph) runs closest to the Stabyhoun. Over Fast CAT's 100 yards, the 3.0 mph gap to the Vizsla is about 1.14 seconds.
Whispering Oaks Friso holds the fastest consistent run by any Stabyhoun: 26.63 mph at the Onondaga Kennel Association in New York on June 21, 2026. That's 100 yards in 7.68 seconds.
On Dash-Hound, the fastest Stabyhoun is Honor, with a best of 26.63 mph over 46 logged runs.
Washington has the most Stabyhoun runs, 127 of them, followed by Pennsylvania, Ohio, Connecticut. The fastest Stabyhoun run in Washington is 25.22 mph.
Any AKC-registered Stabyhoun 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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