The
Ragdoll cat is a blue-eyed, pointed cat with hair that feels
like rabbit fur and is resistant to matting. Altered males can
be upwards of 20 pounds, with females being proportionately
smaller. Ragdolls love to follow you from room-to-room, sleep
with you and just, generally, be your best friend, soulmate,
shadow and companion. Ragdolls are large, gentle giants who will
win your heart forever.
Thank you
for visiting my website. my mommies and I have bred THIRTY-TWO (32) CFA Grand Champions. During the show season ending April 30, 2008, Grand Champion Just A Bar-B Doll was CFA's 3rd Best of Breed Ragdoll in the World and Best Ragdoll in the Southern Region of CFA. Our Gingerbread Cookie ("Cookie") was CFA's Best of Breed Ragdoll Kitten in the World for this past show season also (Cookie is now a CFA Grand Champion)! We are also proud to say that my Grand Champion, Regional Winner Bordeaux LTD's Just A Suzie Q, DM has earned the coveted title of Distinguished Merit for producing five (5) CFA Grand Champions with her husband, Grand Champion Risky Bizness!
During the show season ending April 30, 2007, Grand Champion Buttons 'N Bows was CFA's 2nd Best of Breed Ragdoll in the World and Grand Champion Just A Karbon Kopy was CFA's 3rd Best of Breed Ragdoll in the World; Buttons was also 25th Best Cat in the Southern Region.
AND during the show season ending April 31, 2006 (the show season is from May 1 of one year until April 31, of the following year), my Ragdolls and I attained the following coveted CFA awards: Best of Breed Ragdoll in the World, 15th Best Cat in the Southern Region of CFA (both won by Grand Champion Katy Did), 3rd Best of Breed Ragdoll in the World (attained by Grand Champion Rowdy) and 2nd and 3rd Best Ragdoll Alters Internationally. For the awards given in the Southern Region of CFA: We won: Best and 2nd Best Ragdoll in the Southern Region of CFA (Katy Did and Rowdy, respectively), Best Ragdoll Kitten (Grand Champion & Grand Premier Custom Made "Tommy") and Best and 2nd Best Ragdoll Alters (Grand Premiers Boots and Biscuit, respectively).
In addition, during the show season ending April 30, 2006, we had Ten (10) of our home-bred Ragdolls become Grand Champions; a first for any Ragdoll breeder exhibiting in CFA. For the Show Season ending 2005, we attained two CFA Regional Winners and 2nd Best Ragdoll in Championship in the World (Suzie Q). For that same show season, we had our second Distinguished Merit (DM) mom (meaning any cat in CFA that has produced five (5) Grand Champions), and she is my Grand Champion Soulmate Silhouette on the Shade, DM. My first DM mom who was awarded this honor and title in 2005 is my Champion Soulmate Wish Upon A Star, DM The title of DM is a very coveted award in CFA. Now Silhouette's daughter by Grand Champion Justin is also a Distinguished Merit mom! Thank you Lora Tesh of Soulmate Ragdolls in North Carolina for these two outstanding girls, who have been my foundation!
I welcome your inquiries
about adopting one of my precious babies. My babies are top quality
Ragdoll kittens, some of the kittens I have available will have their
brother(s) or perhaps a sister(s) shown in the CFA show halls and attain the title of CFA Grand Champion. The babies I have
available are top quality babies from Grand Champion daddies and
in some cases Grand Champion mommies. However, I just can't keep
them all, so some of my babies are available to selected, loving
homes. I am so confident in the health and soundness of my Ragdolls that I offer a five-year written genetic guarantee and a lifetime HCM guarantee! I am an active exhibitor in the Cat Fanciers Association ("CFA"), the world's
oldest (having celebrated its 100th Anniversary), largest and most prestigious cat registery. My babies
are my pride and joy and an integral part of my family.
Now let me
explain about this wonderful breed --
The Ragdoll: The Blued-Eyed
Pointed Cat: With their soft rabbit-like, low shedding, matt-resistant
fur and beautiful blue eyes, Ragdolls are known for their exceptionally
tolerant dispositions and sweet docile temperaments. They tend
to go limp when picked up just like a child's ragdoll. They get
along well with adults, children and dogs. They are easy to train,
they even love to play fetch, walk on a leash and have a low sweet
voice. Owning a Ragdoll is like owing a small puppy dog in a cat’s
body. If what you want is a shadow and constant companion and “soulmate,” then
the Ragdoll is for you! Not only will they sleep with you, but they
will follow you from room-to-room, as they need to be your constant
companion and shadow!
The Ragdoll
is a large, floppy, people loving cat that is toted to be the largest,
semi-longhaired cat, adult males can weigh from 15 to sometimes 20
pounds in adulthood, with the female proportionately smaller. Slow
to mature, the Ragdoll does not bring in its full color or attain
its full weight until they 3 or 4 of years of age. The Ragdoll comes in three patterns: the bicolor with an inverted white v on their forehead
(or a raccoon-type mask, if you will); the mitted with white mitts
on the front feet and white boots on back legs (with a filled in mask; and the colorpoint
with no white. Ragdolls are born white and later develop into some
of the following colors: seal; chocolate; blue; lilac; red; cream;
tortie with three colors; and lynx with tabby markings. The bluer
the eye color the better; however, loss of blue eye color can be
noted in some of the dilute colors (blues or creams). However, the Ragdoll is a blue-eyed pointed cat. and any other eye color or a solid body color (or black and white, etc.) is not 100% Ragdoll, but, in fact, a Ragamuffin, a cross between a Ragdoll and another breed of cat.
On May 1,
2000, the Cat Fanciers Association (CFA), the world’s largest
cat organization, accepted the Ragdoll for championship status, after
7 years of provisional status. Now accepted for championship, Ragdolls
can now compete for the title of Champion (winning six winner's ribbons on six different judges) and then Grand Champion. However, this title in CFA can be attained without any competition if one is the only male or female being exhibited in six rings of that color class and is, therefore,
easy to attain. Now the title of Grand Champion in any cat association is very difficult to attain. To become a Grand Champion in CFA, a whole (intact male or female)
must beat 200 other champion cats present (Maine Coon, Persians,
Colorpoints, Exotics, etc.) in what are called finals (receiving
one point for each champion they beat, or final against).
An altered
or spayed Ragdoll (or cat) in CFA, must amass 75 points for his/her
Grand Championship (called Grand Premiers), or again, one point for each
cat they compete against and beat, or final.
In TICA, one final wins
a Ragdoll (or any cat) the title of Champion; six finals under four
different judges (and three in the Top 5 in Speciality Rings (competing
against only the long-haired cats) or Top 10 in Allbreed rings
(competing against long-and short-haired cats) get the title of Grand
Champion.
In ACFA, Ragdolls (or other
cats) must win six finals under six different judges for the coveted
title of Grand Champion. So, in all three major cat organizations,
the title Grand Champion is difficult to attain and highly coveted,
whereas the title Champion, especially in CFA and ACFA, is quite
easily attained if you are the only open male or female being exhibited or your color on that day at that show! The title of Champion in ACFA is easily attainable, if you are the only cat being exhibited in your color class.
So, don't be deceived by
those that say the sires or dams are champions; that's the easy title.
The title of Grand Champion is the most highly-coveted title. It
is my belief that a good cat (whether it be a Ragdoll or another
breed) should be able to compete in all three cat organizations and
win the title of Grand Champion! This is truly a measure of the cat's
structural quality. All breeds have conformation standards by which
they are judged, and a certain amount of points are allocated on how closely each cat meets the standard of its given
breed.
In the 1960’s,
Ann Baker in Riverside, California, was believed to have created
the Ragdoll by breeding a white semi-long haired female cat called
Josephine, and a seal point mitted-type male (a female from this mating
then bred to a black Burmese-type male). This low-maintenance, docile,
gentle loving and good-natured breed is everything one could ask
for in a family pet or companion!
Cat associations dedicated
solely to Ragdolls include: RFCI (Ragdoll Fanciers Club International)
and RI (Ragdoll International), Ragdoll Fanciers Worldwide (RFW) and Ragdolls of America Group (RAG,
a CFA Ragdoll club), of which I am the Secretary/Membership Director.
I personally believe that
we as serious breeders/exhibitors should not advertise in local newspapers.
Our marketing venue should be our Internet sites, "CATS USA", "KITTENS USA" and "Cat Fancy" magazine, as
well as on-line Internet breeder referral-type services (FBRL,
for example). If we breed, I firmly believe breeders should exhibit their Ragdolls to see how closely the breeder is breeding to the standard of perfection for the breed. A serious breeder/exhibitor is striving to produce the perfect Ragdoll (though there is no perfect Ragdoll), but they try to produce one that closely resembles the standard. I, for one, strive to produce Grand Champions and during the show season ending April 30, 2006) produced 10 Ragdolls that attained the title of Grand Champion/Grand Premier; a record to date, for any Ragdoll breeder worldwide. To me, this is what sets a serious breeder/exhibitor
apart from a "back-yard breeder." Remember, anyone can have kittens
or puppies; be careful where you purchase your baby! I strongly advocate
that you only purchase a baby from a person who actively exhibits
their Ragdolls; again, remember anyone can have puppies or kittens!
Now, the
Breed Standard: The head is a medium-sized, broad modified wedge,
with a round, medium length muzzle and a strong, well developed chin
and slightly rounded forehead. The Ragdoll's forehead has the appearance of a flat plane
between the ears. With blue oval eyes, the nose should be a gentle
scoup witn no bump on the nose, the ears are broad based, with slightly rounded tips tilted forwards falling in line with the outer corner of
the eye. The neck should be short, heavy and strong, with a long
substantial body, the tummy should have a fatty pad on the lower abdomen (called the greater Omentum), and the tail is as long as the body. Remember that the Ragdoll (a true
Ragdoll) is a blue-eyed pointed cat; any other eye color means there
is another breed cat in your cat's ancestry -- and therefore, not 100% Ragdoll! There is no such thing as a nontraditional Ragdoll. The Ragdoll is a blue-eyed, pointed cat! Even though registration papers may not be important to you, please be sure that your Ragdoll is registered with CFA and only purchase a registered Ragdoll baby. Registration papers insure the integrity of your Ragdoll's background, helping to make sure that you are purchasing a family companion who is indeed a Ragdoll and not a mixture of a Ragdoll and another breed. |
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