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The Ragdoll
This is the birthplace where the
Ragdoll breed began.
Ann Bakers cattery where it all
began in 1963
The late Ann
Baker of Riverside, California (USA) is the founder of the
Ragdoll breed. Ann Baker recounted the history of the
Ragdoll as follows: Ann's neighbour, Mrs Pennels, owned a
white Angora-type female, called Josephine. Josephine often
had kittens, but they were all wild like their mother.
Ann Baker & Raggedy Ann Fugianna
Josephine was
run over by a car and left lying by the side of the road for
a couple of days. Eventually she was taken to the local
university for treatment. Ann firmly believed that during
her time at the university, Josephine was "genetically
manipulated", resulting in future kittens being loving,
relaxed, "floppy" and unable to feel pain.
Josephine - Mother of the first
Ragdolls
Today, this
belief in Josephine's genetic manipulation is rejected as a
fallacy as the Ragdoll experiences pain in the same way as
any other breed of cat. As far as the "floppiness" is
concerned, kittens and cats from any breed could present
this trait - it is not caused by any genetic characteristic,
but rather by the way in which the kitten is raised and
socialised.
Raggedy Ann Daddy Warbucks
Ann acquired three of
Josephine's half-related kittens from her neighbour – Pretty
Boy, "a cat with the appearance of the Sacred Cat of Burma"
(The Birman breed) which Ann later called Daddy Warbucks;
Buckwheat (a black non-pointed female); and Fugianna (a
badly marked Bicolour female).
Raggedy Ann Buckwheat
These three cats became
the founding Ragdolls, producing the first Ragdoll kittens. In the
summer of 1965, a litter of four kittens were born - two pointed and
two non-pointed kittens. Ann ruled the Ragdoll breeding programme
with a strict hand, registering and patenting the name Ragdoll and
franchising out future breeding stock under strict contracts.
Ann Baker
Raggedy Ann Kioto & Raggedy Ann
Tiki
Remaining
protective over her kittens, Josephine fought with the
family dog. It is alleged that Mr Baker, who had had enough
of Josephine's protectiveness, had Josephine and her kittens
destroyed, thereby ending the life of the founding queen of
the Ragdoll breed.
Denny & Laura Dayton. They bought the first Ragdoll
Breeders Rosie & Buddy from Ann Baker in 1969. Denny created
the Ragdoll Genetic Chart and together they started the
Ragdoll Society in 1975, it later became the RFC/RFCI.
During end-1998 the first Ragdolls Breeder were imported to
South America, the first in Brazil was our Monty. In the end
of 1999 our Monty got the Title of Best Brazilian Ragdoll
from The Cat Club Felis Catus (A TICA Club).
The Old Ann Baker with one of
her Ragdolls
Ann Baker passed away in 1997.
Some
information of this english text and pictures above from
"The Definitive Guide to
Ragdolls" by Lorna Wallace, Robin Pickering & David Pollard.
Montana's
Ragdolls
Each
Ragdoll a Work of Art!
12 Years Raising
Ragdolls with Love!
1998-2013
Ana Viggiani
São Paulo - Brazil
55 - 11 -3288-1184 / 55
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