A typical Toy Fox Terrier tops out around 18.8 mph in Fast CAT. The fastest one on record ran 25.89 mph. 3.9 mph slower than the typical dog (22.7 mph). Even a typical Toy Fox Terrier would beat most people in a 100-yard sprint.
Based on the best Fast CAT run of 133 Toy Fox Terriers, a typical Toy Fox Terrier tops out at 18.8 mph, and half of them run faster than 19.0 mph. That makes the Toy Fox Terrier the 174th fastest of the 226 breeds that have run Fast CAT.
5 Toy Fox Terriers have topped 25 mph, but none has reached 30 yet.
Among the most popular Toy breeds, the typical Toy Fox Terrier is faster than 6 of 8. The Italian Greyhound is the quickest of the bunch at 23.5 mph, and the Chinese Crested (19.3 mph) runs closest to the Toy Fox Terrier. Over Fast CAT's 100 yards, the 4.7 mph gap to the Italian Greyhound is about 2.20 seconds.
Foxlace Dixie's Chantilly Lace holds the fastest consistent run by any Toy Fox Terrier: 25.89 mph at the Springfield Kennel Club in Connecticut on October 8, 2023. That's 100 yards in 7.90 seconds.
On Dash-Hound, the fastest Toy Fox Terrier is Parkour, with a best of 24.71 mph over 38 logged runs.
Not really, but more are running. In 2020, 28 Toy Fox Terriers ran Fast CAT, typically at 18.5 mph. In 2025 it was 46 dogs at 18.6 mph.
California has the most Toy Fox Terrier runs, 599 of them, followed by Wisconsin, Illinois, Florida. The fastest Toy Fox Terrier run in California is 23.92 mph.
Any AKC-registered Toy Fox 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.