Ragdoll

The Ragdoll is a early 1960s erzüchtete breed.

History

The ancestress of the Ragdoll is a cat named Josephine. She was a " angoraähnliche " Freigängerin, which belonged to a neighbor of Ann Baker in California. From a litter of this cat Ann Baker got a cat that looked like a " Burmese Cat". This cat and not known animals Ann Baker built a line breeding, and gave so of her new erzüchteten the name Ragdoll breed, which in German means about rag doll, sometimes called rag doll. Chose the name Ann Baker due to the fact that their cats just left hanging limp when you picked it up - like a rag doll made ​​of rags. Due to this behavior change were also rumors that this race would have an altered pain behavior, which some tempted to to test the pain behavior of the animals. In humane investigations, it turned out that there are no changes in pain behavior.

Due to the rigid requirements of breeding Ann Baker ( she let the term patent Ragdoll and raised on any animal that came from their lines, a license tax ), the breed with the "original Baker'schen Ragdolls " quite difficult. Fortunately for the breed, the Dayton Family ( Blossom -Time Cattery ) and Chambers ( Ragnarok Cattery ) by Ann Baker had early separated and could Royalty-free continue their farms.

These two catteries led the Ragdoll breed mainly to what it represents in the traditional field today: Animals in the colors seal, blue, chocolate and lilac mitted with the pattern variants, color point and bicolour.

Physique

According to the standard of the Fédération Internationale Féline the Ragdoll is a massive, big cat with medium bone and muscular body. She has a strong overall appearance. The head should be of medium size, broad, wedge-shaped taper and be flat between the ears. She has big ears have round tips and set wide apart. The neck is short and strong. The legs are of medium length, the rear a bit longer, making the topline falls forward. The tail is long, well furred and bushy. The dense coat is of medium length, has a soft, silky texture and is applied to the body.

Color strokes

The traditional colors of the Ragdoll are seal (black ) whose dilution is blue, and chocolate, their dilution is lilac. When drawing variants are only bicolour, mitted color point and recognized by most associations.

Since the Ragdoll is a pointed cat, the young are born white and get their hair color only in the course of time.