Truly Scrumptious Ragdoll Kittens

In the early '60s a woman in Riverside, California, by the name of Ann Baker created the RAGDOLL.

In all the years of the Cat Fancy there has never been a Breed more shrouded in controversial mystery than the Ragdoll.
For nearly 40 years rumors abounded that the Ragdoll was the product of the breeding of several already established breeds. However, more recent Intensive investigations and pedigree examinations have confirmed that the Ragdolls beginnings were somewhat different. The following is taken from the book The Definitive Guide To Ragdolls by Lorna Wallace, Robin Pickering and David Pollard, published by Ragdoll World UK.

At the time Ann had been borrowing one of Josephine's older sons to sire progeny in her Black Persian breeding program. This son had the appearance of a Black/Brown Persian and she named him Blackie, and it was one of her visits to borrow him that she saw Blackie's brother. He appeared most impressive and in Ann's words had the appearance of a “Sacred Cat of Burma”. Having already established the owner's trust, she was also permitted to borrow this cat to mate with her own females. She was most taken with this son of Josephine and named him Raggedy Ann Daddy Warbucks. What Ann clearly states is that Blackie and Daddy Warbucks are both sons of Josephine, but with different sires who were unknown and undocumented. In the IRCA booklet it would appear to indicate that Blackie's father was a black cat from the East, that appeared more Persian than Burmese. During detailed questioning, Ann confirmed that no-one had ever seen the father of Daddy Warbucks, and he was the only kitten in that particular litter of Josephine’s. This being so, makes it difficult to take the origins of the breed further.

The RAGDOLL was first recognized as a pure breed in 1965 by NCFA (now defunct). Following that achievement Ann did nothing to further the Ragdoll in the fancy.

Fortunately, a new breeder husband and wife team, Denny and Laura Dayton, bought a pair from Ann and realized the breed had to be shown and accepted by the various associations in the Cat Fancy along with other breeders who had also purchased breeding pairs from Ann. With the Dayton's spearheading the effort, Ragdolls began a very long and arduous journey into the show halls of America and would soon there after find their way to Europe where England was waiting with open arms to welcome this wonderful breed.

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