Diamond: CMR
Ragdoll Origin
Carolina Mink Ragdolls Text Box: Anne holding Kyoto & Tiki Text Box: This web page was created Saturday, October 6, 2010 Text Box: Specializing in Dilute Ragdoll Kittens Text Box: Please send an email to MinkRagdolls@outlook.com OR Call or Text (843) 608-6028 Text Box: The Ragdoll cat breed originated in Riverside, CA beginning in 1963 when Anne Baker took notice of the kittens produced by a neighbor's cat named Josephine. The kittens were docile, loving towards humans, and “flopped” when picked up and held. Anne noticed the characteristics of the kittens after Josephine had been cared for at the local University following a car accident. Josephine, who belonged to Mrs. Pennel, was a free roaming, white long-haired cat. Josephine's kittens all seemed to grow very large and have remarkable disposition. They all seemed to have a loving nature, beautiful blue eyes, and long non-matting fur. Anne Baker kept some of Josephine's kitten and bred them very carefully. Josephine had beautiful Birman-type as one sire and a beautiful Burmese type as another sire. Plus she had several other kittens by undetermined sires. None of the foundation cats had documented pedigrees. Genetic testing has proven that the white gloving of the Birman and white spotting of the Ragdoll are genetically different. The first Birman arrived in the US in 1059. It’s extremely unlikely that the Josephine's Birman-type sire was of Birman descent simply because they were rare in the US at this time. The Burmese breed of cat was developed in San Francisco in the 1930’s. Text Box: This is believed to be Josephine with her kittens, including Buckwheat, which represented the dark side. Text Box: Daddy War Bucks was the first seal mitted Ragdoll. He had a white tip tail and a white blaze which is seen in Modern Ragdolls. Text Box: Here is Buckwheat with her kittens Mitts, Tiki, Gueber, & Kyoto. This litter of two non-pointed and two pointed kittens were the first registered Ragdolls. Text Box: Daddy War Bucks, Josephine's son, had the appearance of a Birman, a blue-eyed pointed cat with mittens. Buckwheat, Josephine's daughter, was mated to Daddy War Bucks, and in June 1966 gave birth to the first kittens registered as Ragdolls: Raggedy Ann Kyoto & Raggedy Ann Tiki. Text Box: Anne holding early Ragdolls born in 1966: Kookie, Toy Sue, & Kookie Tu Text Box: Anne holding Fuqianna, which represents the light side.