A typical Teddy Roosevelt Terrier tops out around 18.9 mph in Fast CAT. The fastest one on record ran 22.75 mph. 3.8 mph slower than the typical dog (22.7 mph). Even a typical Teddy Roosevelt Terrier would beat most people in a 100-yard sprint.
Based on the best Fast CAT run of 67 Teddy Roosevelt Terriers, a typical Teddy Roosevelt Terrier tops out at 18.9 mph, and half of them run faster than 18.9 mph. That makes the Teddy Roosevelt Terrier the 171st fastest of the 226 breeds that have run Fast CAT.
3 Teddy Roosevelt Terriers have topped 25 mph, but none has reached 30 yet.
Among the most popular Terrier breeds, the typical Teddy Roosevelt Terrier is faster than 3 of 8. The American Staffordshire Terrier is the quickest of the bunch at 24.0 mph, and the Miniature Schnauzer (18.8 mph) runs closest to the Teddy Roosevelt Terrier. Over Fast CAT's 100 yards, the 5.2 mph gap to the American Staffordshire Terrier is about 2.33 seconds.
Fullmoon's Putting On The Ritz holds the fastest consistent run by any Teddy Roosevelt Terrier: 22.75 mph at the Cahaba Valley KC in Alabama on May 30, 2021. That's 100 yards in 8.99 seconds.
AKC's results also show Barnett's Forever And A Day at 28.59 mph, but that dog's next-best run is 18.87 mph. A jump that big is usually a timing or typing error, so we flag it rather than crown it.
Alabama has the most Teddy Roosevelt Terrier runs, 346 of them, followed by Georgia, Wisconsin, Florida. The fastest Teddy Roosevelt Terrier run in Alabama is 25.44 mph.
Any AKC-registered Teddy Roosevelt Terrier 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.