A typical Swedish Vallhund tops out around 19.0 mph in Fast CAT. The fastest one on record ran 24.38 mph. 3.7 mph slower than the typical dog (22.7 mph). Even a typical Swedish Vallhund would beat most people in a 100-yard sprint.
Based on the best Fast CAT run of 186 Swedish Vallhunds, a typical Swedish Vallhund tops out at 19.0 mph, and half of them run faster than 19.9 mph. That makes the Swedish Vallhund the 169th fastest of the 226 breeds that have run Fast CAT.
6 Swedish Vallhunds have topped 25 mph, but none has reached 30 yet.
Among the most popular Herding breeds, the typical Swedish Vallhund 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 Swedish Vallhund. Over Fast CAT's 100 yards, the 7.8 mph gap to the Belgian Malinois is about 3.13 seconds.
Beidelyn Into The Unknown, Lt holds the fastest consistent run by any Swedish Vallhund: 24.38 mph at the Sunshine State Rhodesian Ridgeback Club in Florida on January 16, 2026. That's 100 yards in 8.39 seconds.
AKC's results also show Kleinhaus Call It Fate at 29.43 mph, but that dog's next-best run is 20.29 mph. A jump that big is usually a timing or typing error, so we flag it rather than crown it.
On Dash-Hound, the fastest Swedish Vallhund is Björn, with a best of 23.07 mph over 6 logged runs.
Swedish Vallhunds come in more than one Fast CAT height group. 91 measured under 12 inches and averaged 19.0 mph; 94 measured 12 to 18 inches and averaged 19.1 mph. Smaller dogs earn extra points per mph toward their titles, so the shorter ones rack up titles faster.
A little. The typical Swedish Vallhund ran 18.3 mph in 2019 (32 dogs) and 19.2 mph in 2025 (71 dogs). As more everyday pets join in, the average moves around.
Wisconsin has the most Swedish Vallhund runs, 346 of them, followed by Florida, Illinois, Maryland. The fastest Swedish Vallhund run in Wisconsin is 28.83 mph.
Any AKC-registered Swedish Vallhund 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.
Fast CAT rankings · How fast is a dog?
Speeds from AKC Fast CAT results. Photographers: spotted your work? Tell us at [email protected] and we'll credit it or take it down.