Phelan Is The Mixed Breed That Won America's Fastest Dog Competition

If you are the type that loves purebred dogs, you may be missing out on some qualities common to mixed breeds. Their unique look, moderate temperament and hybrid vigour arising from genetic diversity defy description.

Most times, mixed breed dogs excel where purebred dogs fail. An example is in the just concluded American Kennel Club’s inaugural Fastest Dog USA competition held on December 11 at the Orlando Convention Centre.

At the event, a female four-year-old wiry mixed breed dog named Phelan, completed a 100-yard dash in 6.346 seconds - or 32.3 miles per hour - beating out 130 other dogs that ran in the finals of the AKC Fast Coursing Ability Trial (CAT) Invitational.

Phelan which means wolf in Irish is an oatmeal-hued mix of Greyhound, Borzoi, and Scottish Deerhound.

Phelan Is The fastest dog in America. The dog belongs to Krista Shreet and Ted Koch of Crownsville, Maryland.

Phelan was adopted when she was just a year old and she is now the fastest dog in America. According to Koch, “We took her in, and she’s stolen our hearts.”

Two preliminary trials held this year determined the speediest dogs from each of the 129 participating breeds, from dachshunds to Doberman pinschers.

These top dogs traveled to Orlando for the finals, which were divided into two categories: Fastest Dog USA, for overall quickest canine, and Speed of the Breed, which recognizes the fastest dog of its breed. That title went to a gray miniature poodle, Elliot, and his owner Deborah Burnett of Gray Court, South Carolina.

The inaugural event was open to all AKC-registered dogs who are at least a year old, as well as mixed breeds like Phelan.

Each dog runs three 100-yard trials, and their final speed is the average of those three. The races are part of the American Kennel Club’s National Championship, an annual series of competitions and agility trials that culminates in a Best in Show winner.

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