There are several wild and scientifically impossible myths regarding the origin and development of the Ragdoll breed. But, we do know a woman named Ann Baker from California is the attributed Ragdoll breed founder and it is well documented that this breed began in the early 1960’s, although the first Ragdoll was not registered until the summer of 1965. Ann Baker created the Ragdoll breed mating a white Persian to a male Birman whose subsequent offspring was then crossed with a Burmese. 

 Ragdolls are best known for their docile and laid-back temperament. Their personality is probably its most famous feature and they are perhaps the gentlest and most easy-going of the breeds. Ragdolls have been selectively bred over the years for these desirable traits as well as their large size. Due to their laid-back personality their natural instinct to fight for their lives is lowered so Ragdolls should be kept strictly indoors unless they are under complete supervision and on a leash or harness at all times. They make great family pets, love to be around people, and are said to have puppy like characteristics such as greeting you and strangers at the door, following their owner around and they can even be trained to retrieve toys, roll over, and beg. The Ragdoll is a very social breed and does need constant companionship 

 Ragdolls are a large, charming, and a beautiful breed with a sturdy body, broad chests, and large hindquarters. Altered females on average weigh about 8-15 pounds while males are substantially larger weighing 12-20 pounds full grown, although some may grow to be larger. They are slow-maturing cats and do not reach full maturity or weight until approximately 3-4 years of age. Ragdolls have a soft, silky, semi-long plush coat and lacks the usual dense undercoat which results in reduced shedding and matting and does not require as regular a grooming as many other long-haired breeds. The coat is often described as feeling like rabbit fur. Their eyes are large, oval, and blue. Their rounded ears are large and set with a slight forward tilt. They have a curved profile with the look of a “ski slope” as it merges to the top of the head traditional or pointed ragdolls

Traditional or Pointed Ragdolls (cscs) are born white and the color comes in slowly....although you can tell seal and blue anywhere from a few days to a week...you can't determine chocolate and lilac for 3-4 weeks. Ragdolls have very good color by 8-12 weeks but they don't get their full color for about 2 years. 

All Traditional Ragdolls have blue eyes.

Ragdolls come in six colors: 

seal, blue, chocolate, lilac, red, and cream.

All of these colors come in four patterns: 

colorpoint, mitted, bicolor, and van.

Points may be in solid, lynx, tortie, or torbie (tortie & lynx)..

  Mink, Sepia, and Solid Ragdolls are purebred and TICA registered. They have the same characteristics and personality as traditional Ragdolls in every way. These true Ragdolls are not a new breed of Ragdoll and has been around since the beginning of the Ragdoll breed and can be traced back to the first Ragdolls by Ann Baker. Only a handful of breeders are devoted to continuing to breed Mink, Sepia, and Solid Ragdolls. Here at Heaven's Ragdolls we promote all the colorful varieties of the Ragdoll breed, because other than having different markings a mink, Sepia, and Solid Ragdoll is just that, a true Ragdoll!!! 

  Unlike Traditional Ragdolls which are born white, Minks are born with full color and still come in all the traditional colors and patterns (see our "About Ragdolls" page). The coat of a Mink is smoother and much softer, and has a darker and richer point color than the Traditional Ragdoll. The body color of a Mink is a few grades lighter then their points. Mink Ragdolls have aqua colored eyes (which can vary from blue with just a hint of green to almost fully green). To produce a Mink at least one parent must be a Mink, Sepia, or a Ccb Solid. 

 Sepia Ragdolls are substantially darker coated than their Mink litter mates. They often have a more plush coat than Minks and their eye color is green/gold , but blue(ish) and odd eyes are possible. Sepias are also born with full color and come in all traditional colors including smoke or silver. Sepias can only be produced when both parents are minks, one parent is a Mink and the other Sepia, or both parents are a Ccb Solids.  

 Solid Ragdolls are the darkest and highest contrast of all Ragdolls. Solids (non-pointed) are also referred to as "self-colored". The body color and the point color of the Solid Ragdoll are the same, a single color throughout. This is in contrast to the 'pointed' variety, where the body color is a shade or more lighter than their point color (ears, nose, tail, & legs). Solid Ragdolls can be seen in the following colors: Black, Blue, Chocolate, Lilac, Red, Cream, Calico, Blue-Cream, or White. All these colors can be accompanied by tabby, smoke, or silver. The overlaying patterns are the same for both the Solid and the Traditional Ragdolls. The Solid Ragdoll's eyes can come in all colors including odd eyes with preference to be given to green. Solid Ragdolls can only be produced if one of the parents is a Solid. However, Solids can also carry the traditional/pointed or the Mink gene, but not both. Some Solids do not carry either pointed nor the mink gene and can only produce Solids