A typical Tibetan Mastiff tops out around 18.0 mph in Fast CAT. The fastest one on record ran 24.24 mph. 4.7 mph slower than the typical dog (22.7 mph). Even a typical Tibetan Mastiff would beat most people in a 100-yard sprint.
Based on the best Fast CAT run of 20 Tibetan Mastiffs, a typical Tibetan Mastiff tops out at 18.0 mph, and half of them run faster than 18.6 mph. That makes the Tibetan Mastiff the 185th fastest of the 226 breeds that have run Fast CAT.
None has reached 25 mph yet, but plenty of Tibetan Mastiffs love the chase anyway.
Among the most popular Working breeds, the typical Tibetan Mastiff is the slowest of the 9. The Boxer is the quickest of the bunch at 25.2 mph, and the Samoyed (21.4 mph) runs closest to the Tibetan Mastiff. Over Fast CAT's 100 yards, the 7.2 mph gap to the Boxer is about 3.26 seconds.
Wanderlust's Mountain Of Whiteness holds the fastest consistent run by any Tibetan Mastiff: 24.24 mph at the Rocky Mountain Borzoi Club in Colorado on October 22, 2023. That's 100 yards in 8.44 seconds.
Colorado has the most Tibetan Mastiff runs, 110 of them, followed by North Carolina, Connecticut, Oklahoma. The fastest Tibetan Mastiff run in Colorado is 24.24 mph.
Short legs don't stop anyone from having a blast. Any AKC-registered Tibetan Mastiff 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.