A typical Tibetan Spaniel tops out around 16.0 mph in Fast CAT. The fastest one on record ran 21.78 mph. 6.7 mph slower than the typical dog (22.7 mph). Even a typical Tibetan Spaniel would beat most people in a 100-yard sprint.
Based on the best Fast CAT run of 107 Tibetan Spaniels, a typical Tibetan Spaniel tops out at 16.0 mph, and half of them run faster than 16.6 mph. That makes the Tibetan Spaniel the 205th fastest of the 226 breeds that have run Fast CAT.
1 Tibetan Spaniel has topped 25 mph, but none has reached 30 yet.
Among the most popular Non-Sporting breeds, the typical Tibetan Spaniel is the slowest of the 9. The Dalmatian is the quickest of the bunch at 25.1 mph, and the French Bulldog (17.4 mph) runs closest to the Tibetan Spaniel. Over Fast CAT's 100 yards, the 9.0 mph gap to the Dalmatian is about 4.59 seconds.
Britwalds I Am The Great Black Pearl Bp holds the fastest consistent run by any Tibetan Spaniel: 21.78 mph at the Greater Kingsport Kennel Club in Tennessee on October 24, 2020. That's 100 yards in 9.39 seconds.
AKC's results also show Jewel Acres San Rocco's Flint at 29.01 mph, but that dog's next-best run is 12.26 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 Tibetan Spaniel is Chaos, with a best of 17.13 mph over 17 logged runs.
A little. The typical Tibetan Spaniel ran 16.3 mph in 2022 (26 dogs) and 16.9 mph in 2025 (43 dogs). As more everyday pets join in, the average moves around.
South Carolina has the most Tibetan Spaniel runs, 276 of them, followed by Tennessee, Florida, Wisconsin. The fastest Tibetan Spaniel run in South Carolina is 21.46 mph.
Short legs don't stop anyone from having a blast. Any AKC-registered Tibetan 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.