What dog breed could run fastest 5K? Ignoring greyhound, whippet & any specialty racing dog.

I brought home a desert Saluki from Saudi. No dog except a Greyhound can catch him at the dog park. Pointers give home a good run for his money but don't last as long and aren't as likey to run the distance with him.

Racing Greyhounds scare him because they catch up to him in like three strides and my dog is like "wtf?" and he stops. He reminds me of Dash in the Incredibles. He's always staying just ahead of the pack but could blow them away if he wanted.

Can't ignore a husky, especially off road in the winter.

I have never seen a husky.

Which dogs would you say you can ride on their back like a horse? I would say: great dane, maybe an Alsatian, a golden labrador, a Saint Bernard, Newfoundland.

hd7ehsicyev wrote:

Can't ignore a husky, especially off road in the winter.

I saw the thread title and immediately thought, “those buggers that pull the Iditarod sleds.”

I don’t know about in hot weather though. They’re pretty furry.

I saw in a documentary the saluki is fastest land animal over 3 miles.

But that doesn't make sense to me I figured pronghorns are faster and enough endurance to do it for at least 3 miles

Fun thread! In my mind I thought maybe a Spanish Galgo would be the fastest over 5k, but it was never mentioned so perhaps it doesn’t stand a chance.

Dhadbaoui wrote:

I brought home a desert Saluki from Saudi. No dog except a Greyhound can catch him at the dog park. Pointers give home a good run for his money but don't last as long and aren't as likey to run the distance with him.

Racing Greyhounds scare him because they catch up to him in like three strides and my dog is like "wtf?" and he stops. He reminds me of Dash in the Incredibles. He's always staying just ahead of the pack but could blow them away if he wanted.

That's funny. We have a whippet who runs circles around every dog at the park. She is incredible at accelerating and changing direction. But when the greyhound shows up, she gets scared and won't run. We just got a second whippet puppy. It will be fun to see them running together.

I know the answer! It is that dog from Boston Dynamics!

My fat border collie can slam out a 5k with my husband in 20 minutes or so. Even in summer, about 30°C heat. Even up for some fetch afterward, we've got to force her to relax. My Ridgeback is faster than her and deals better with heat obviously. Hes also in better shape, so I imagine if he wasn't so lazy he would crush a 5k, no problem.

Renewed Marathoner wrote:

I saw in a documentary the saluki is fastest land animal over 3 miles.

But that doesn't make sense to me I figured pronghorns are faster and enough endurance to do it for at least 3 miles

Salukis were bred for hunting long-running deer type animals so maybe they could catch a prong horn. They have crazy endurance to run those deer to the ground.

However there is also Saluki racing, so this is a grey area by the OP who is probably long-gone by now 6 years later.

I'm also shocked at some of the ignorance in this thread. Border collies can do more than herd on a farm. For instance, in Canada and the western U.S, where pack riders are loading up their horses and traveling through hell and high water, and roughing it on the mountainside, border collies and other small herding breeds are often brought along to help with the horses. Do you think the dog gets its own horse? No. My husband's Grandmother is a 80+ year old woman, who travels between B.C. and Idaho, often on trails in unpopulated areas of the U.S, on some sketchy ass terrain, with her 6 year old Border Collie along for the journey. My border collie might be fat and slow, but a collie like Roxie would crush any of you.?

Obviously its Gebrese Lassie.

Frontier Psychiatrist wrote:

Obviously its Gebrese Lassie.

Lol it was worth the five year wait for this one.. ?

Rhodesian Ridgeback. Those Africans are fast... Seriously though, it would be a real contender.

Frontier Psychiatrist wrote:

Obviously its Gebrese Lassie.

That is pure gold. Well done.