Reas was the top dog at Fastest Dogs USA this year , surpassing the speed limit on your local neighborhood roads .
Reas thewhippethas illegal focal ratio — as in laws prohibit him from running at full speed on most of this country ’s residential roads . The 25- and 30 - miles per hour upper limits are but too deadening .
The bounder is the truehearted andiron in the commonwealth for the 2d class running , earn his crown at the American Kennel Club ’s 2022 Fastest Dogs USA . The event was held in the first place this month in North Carolina , but the broadcast premiered Sunday afternoon on ABC , around the time my favorite football squad waslaying a massive orchis .
Photo: Courtesy of the American Kennel Club
Reas ’s outcome is the Fast CAT , which is a funny name for a challenger featuring exclusively dogs . The CAT fend forCoursing Ability Test . A simple-minded explanation : The dog run 100 yards as tight as they can , chasing a fluffy lure .
" He dwell to chase those bunny , " Reas ’s owner , Lindsay Manetti , told the AKC .
No kidding ! Reas ’s ordinary speed came in at 34.98 mph while his average 100 - yard clip was 5.847 second . Pretty sure I ’ve had breaking wind last longer than that .
For his brain - melting pep pill , Reas earned a post - run bite of cheese and pilchard along with a steak dinner , say Manetti , who I have to assume has some excellentdoggy toothpaste .
" He does it . He pulls it out . He loves this game , and that ’s all we ask for , " she said as a pooped Reas repose down by her feet .
Whippets , along with contemporaries likegreyhounds , borzoi , andsalukis , are consider one of the dissolute stock on the major planet . It make them perfect for sports like Fast CAT , flyball , anddock diving .
Finishing behind Reas — whose register name is Wildtucks Momentary Lapse of Reason and live in Indiana — was another whippet named Winston . Any hotdog can compete in Fast CAT competitions , even floppy - earedbasset houndslike Angelique , who was the degenerate in her breed this month , prevail the 100 yards in an modal time of 11.812 seconds .
