Ragdoll

Ragdoll

Ragdollen har sitt ursprung i Riverside, California på 1960 talet och grundades av Anne Baker. Rasens stammoder var en vit hona av angoratyp som hette Josephine och ägdes av Anne Bakers granne, Mrs Pennel. Anne Baker brukade låna en hane av Mrs Pennel, Blackie, som var Josephines son, att para sina honor med. Hos Mrs Pennel fick Anne Baker se en katt, Daddy Warbucks, som hon blev mycket förtjust i. Han var en bror till Blacke och alltså en son till Josephine. Daddy Warbucks såg ut som en birma, förutom att han hade en vit bläs över nosen, vit svanstipp och höga, vita sockor. Anne Baker bestämde sig för att avla fram katter som Daddy Warbucks, och parade tillbaka honom på Josephine. Det resulterade i en hona vid namn Fugianna. Från henne härstammar linjen som kallas "lightside". Josephine parades också med en brun burma och från den kombinationen härstammar "darkside".

Anne Baker började sälja katter som hon kallade Ragdoll, men hon förbjöd sina köpare att avla på katterna om man inte hade en "licens" som Anne Baker själv utfärdade och enligt hennes strikta regler. Denny Dayton, Blossom Time cattery, hade inte samma åsikter om avel som Anne Baker och bröt sig u och började efter en hård tvist i domstol och media avla som man gör med andra kattraser, varpå Ragdollen började sprida sig över världen. Denny Daytaon började skriva på det stora stamträdet, dit alla Ragdolls som är "äkta" kan härstammas. Han startade också Ragdoll fFanciers Club Interational som arbtade för att få rasen godkänd inom de amerikanska kattsportsförbunden.

Numera är Ragdollen godkänd inom alla förbunden och det sista, största förbundet CFA, godkände rasen 1993.

Rasstandard

Category II	RAG	Ragdoll Standard
General	Appearance	The Ragdoll is a firm, large cat with a medium to strongly boned muscular body. Solid in the overall appearance
General	Size	large
Head	Shape	medium size, broad modified wedge with the appearance of a flat plane between the ears
	Nose	the nose should show a slight curve in the upper third
	Cheeks	cheeks well developed, tapering to a rounded well developed, medium long muzzle and a well-developed chin
Ears	Shape	medium size, broad at the base, with rounded tips
Ears	Placement	set wide on the skull with a slight tilt forward
Eyes	Shape	large and oval outer edge of the eye aperture to be level with the base of the ears
Eyes	Colour	blue, the more intensive the better, in relation to the body colour
Neck		short and strong
Body	Structure	Long body, medium to strong bone structure, muscular. Chest broad and well developed. Muscular and heavier in the hindquarters. The mature cat is as broad at shoulders as it is at the hindquarters.
Legs		Medium in length and of medium to strong bone. Hind legs to be slightly higher than the front, giving the line of the back a slightly forward tilt in appearance.
Legs	Paws	large, round and compact, tufted between the toes
Tail		long, medium broad at the base, slightly tapered towards the tip and in proportion to the body well furnished, bushy
Coat	Structure	medium long, dense, soft and silky texture, lying with the body and breaking as the cat moves longest around the neck and framing the outer edge of the face giving the appearance of a bib short on the face increasing in length from the top of the head to the shoulders down the back medium to long on the sides, belly and hindquarters short to medium long on the front legs
Coat	Colour	for recognised colour varieties refer to table below
Remarks		females noticeably smaller than males male jowls should be taken into consideration development is slow
Faults	Head	narrow head
	Nose	stop, roman nose
	Ears	large or small ears pointed ears
	Eyes	almond in shape
	Neck	too long and too thin neck
	Body	cobby body narrow chest
	Legs	short legs splayed toes lack of tufting
	Tail	short tail blunt tip
	Coat	short coat (seasonal)
Disqualification	Eyes	other than blue eyes


Scale of Points		Points
Total		100
Head	general shape, nose, forehead, cheeks and muzzle, jaw and teeth, chin shape and size of the eyes	20
Ears	shape and placement	5
Eye colour		5
Body	shape, size, bone structure	20
Legs and paws	length of legs, shape of paws	5
Tail	shape and length	5
Coat	colour and pattern	25
Coat	quality and texture, length	10
Condition		5


Recognized Colour Varieties
Colour		EMS Code
Seal/Blue/Chocolate/Lilac/Red/Cream colourpoint		RAG n/a/b/c/d/e
Seal/Blue/Chocolate/Lilac tortie colourpoint		RAG f/g/h/j
Seal/Blue/Chocolate/Lilac/Red/Cream tabby colourpoint		RAG n/a/b/c/d/e 21
Seal/Blue/Chocolate/Lilac tortie tabby colourpoint		RAG f/g/h/j 21
Seal/Blue/Chocolate/Lilac/Red/Cream bicolour		RAG n/a/b/c/d/e 03
Seal/Blue/Chocolate/Lilac tortie bicolour		RAG f/g/h/j 03
Seal/Blue/Chocolate/Lilac/Red/Cream tabby bicolour		RAG n/a/b/c/d/e 21 03
Seal/Blue/Chocolate/Lilac tortie tabby bicolour		RAG f/g/h/j 21 03
Seal/Blue/Chocolate/Lilac/Red/Cream mitted		RAG n/a/b/c/d/e 04
Seal/Blue/Chocolate/Lilac tortie mitted		RAG f/g/h/j 04
Seal/Blue/Chocolate/Lilac tortie tabby mitted		RAG f/g/h/j 21 04


*Remarks
Coat	Colourpoint	colour of points: ears, mask, legs and tail to be well defined and in harmony with the body colour
	Bi-color	Points: – ears, mask and tail – to be well defined. The mask to have an inverted white "V". Body colour is to be a shade lighter than the points; with or without white spots on the back. Belly white and without spots. Preference is given to white legs.
	Mitted	Points (except paws, chin and the possible white stripe/markings on the bridge of the nose up to the forehead) and body colour as in the Colourpoint, well defined and in harmony with the body colour. White stripe extends from the bib and runs down the underside between the front legs to the base of the tail.
	Bi-color	Nose leather: Pink
Faults	Colourpoint	coat: any white spot
Faults		ears: white on the ears tail: white on the tail

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