A typical Wirehaired Vizsla tops out around 25.2 mph in Fast CAT. The fastest one on record ran 28.61 mph. 2.5 mph faster than the typical dog (22.7 mph). The fastest Wirehaired Vizslas outrun Usain Bolt's top speed by 0.8 mph.
Based on the best Fast CAT run of 63 Wirehaired Vizslas, a typical Wirehaired Vizsla tops out at 25.2 mph, and half of them run faster than 25.2 mph. That makes the Wirehaired Vizsla the 15th fastest of the 226 breeds that have run Fast CAT.
36 Wirehaired Vizslas have topped 25 mph, but none has reached 30 yet.
Among the most popular Sporting breeds, the typical Wirehaired Vizsla is the fastest of them all. The Vizsla (24.9 mph) comes closest. Over Fast CAT's 100 yards, the 0.3 mph gap to the Vizsla is about 0.11 seconds.
Vizcaya's Dashin' Like Chrazie holds the fastest consistent run by any Wirehaired Vizsla: 28.61 mph at the Oconee River Kennel Club in Georgia on May 20, 2022. That's 100 yards in 7.15 seconds.
On Dash-Hound, the fastest Wirehaired Vizsla is Jarvis, with a best of 27.09 mph over 58 logged runs.
Illinois has the most Wirehaired Vizsla runs, 213 of them, followed by Georgia, Ohio, Colorado. The fastest Wirehaired Vizsla run in Illinois is 27.68 mph.
Any AKC-registered Wirehaired Vizsla 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.