A typical Sussex Spaniel tops out around 14.5 mph in Fast CAT. The fastest one on record ran 21.09 mph. 8.2 mph slower than the typical dog (22.7 mph).
Based on the best Fast CAT run of 41 Sussex Spaniels, a typical Sussex Spaniel tops out at 14.5 mph, and half of them run faster than 14.5 mph. That puts the Sussex Spaniel 219th of the 226 breeds that have run Fast CAT, near the back of the pack.
None has reached 25 mph yet, but plenty of Sussex Spaniels love the chase anyway.
Among the most popular Sporting breeds, the typical Sussex Spaniel 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 Sussex Spaniel. Over Fast CAT's 100 yards, the 10.4 mph gap to the Vizsla is about 5.89 seconds.
Ziyadah Fight Fire With Fire At Harbour Point holds the fastest consistent run by any Sussex Spaniel: 21.09 mph at the St. Petersburg Dog Fanciers Association in Florida on June 12, 2024. That's 100 yards in 9.70 seconds.
AKC's results also show Sundowners Fly Me To The Moon With Clussexx at 24.56 mph, but that dog's next-best run is 22.02 mph. A jump that big is usually a timing or typing error, so we flag it rather than crown it.
Maryland has the most Sussex Spaniel runs, 186 of them, followed by North Carolina, California, Virginia. The fastest Sussex Spaniel run in Maryland is 18.54 mph.
Short legs don't stop anyone from having a blast. Any AKC-registered Sussex Spaniel 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.