We have a number of non-breeding pet Ragdolls and a mixed-bred old gal who share the house with the breeding cats.  Ragdolls make the best pets!

 (Narragansett Blue Moon)

Blue Moon was our first Ragdoll.  He is a pet-quality, altered male who is a magnificent example of the large size of this breed.  Ragdolls can weigh up to 20 pounds and Blue Moon weighs 15.5.  Bluey is a blue mitted Ragdoll with an adorable hour-glass blaze down his nose.  He absolutely loves his outdoor enclosure that he gets tohe accesses through a cat-door in our cellar.  Except for winter-time, you can usually find him out there lounging on his own lawn chair.  He is the king of ‘head-butting’.  Whenever he wants his neck and head scratched, he comes up to you and butts you with his head.  Works every time!

  (ChA. Whiskernook Beau Jangles,aka Master Grand Companion Beau Jangles Danced)

Beau Jangles was our second Ragdoll and our first show cat!  Beau is also an altered male and is a beautiful example of what a Ragdoll personality should be.  He is extremely loving and cuddly, is never shy and likes everyone.  He is a seal bi-color, with dark-blue eyes and an extremely silky coat.  Beau made Champion status in both T.I.C.A. and C.F.F. alter classes, but as he got older, one of his eyes started turning in.  Neither organization actually disqualified him for the eye, but we chose to move him to the ‘Household Pet’ (HHP) class in C.F.F.  HHP classes are for both non-pedigreed cats and pedigreed cats who are not show-marked.  HHPs are judged on beauty (Ragdolls have that!), personality (Ragdolls have that!), ease of handling, (Ragdolls should have that!) and grooming (which is easy with ‘dolls.)  Beau Jangles did extremely well in the HHP class, quickly gaining the top title of Master Grand Companion.  Breeders often show their cats in the Champion classes in order to validate that their breeding program is producing Ragdolls that conform to the physical standard for the breed.  But we also think that Ragdolls doing well in Household Pet classes says something about a breeding program.  Ragdolls are supposed to have placid, loving, docile personalities that love people.  Our breeding goal is to produce Ragdoll kittens with personalities like Beau!  With his eye, he wouldn’t have been a good candidate as a breeder, so instead we looked for a female with similar ancestry to his.

REBA
 

(FossMtn Reba McIntire)

Reba is a seal mitted girl and the daughter of Mandy and JimmyMack.  She was the smallest kitten in her litter and was so adorable we kept her as our pet.  She agreed to be our representative for the seal mitted pattern, which we did not have in the cattery.  A ‘token seal mitted’, if you will.  Reba is a love-bug and has a tiny white snippet of a blaze down her nose.

Daphne

(FossMtn Daphne)

Daphne is also a blue mitted girl and the daughter of MoonShadow and Joseph.  Daph was the smallest of the litter and had some health problems when she was tiny, so we opted to keep her as our pet.  She is doing fine now and has gorgeous deep blue eyes and a large fluffy tail.  Daphne is a very serious-looking girl who loves to play with pens.  We think she is literary and would be a writer if she were a person.

Beyonce (pronounced Bee-yon-say) is a rescue Ragdoll with quite a story.  She was bred by someone who sells to pet stores nationwide and was bought at a young age by someone in New Jersey.  (No reputable cat or dog breeder sells to pet stores.) A year and a half later, she was given to a another woman, whose lifestyle included traveling a lot, so she asked us to take Beyonce in and find a home for her.  Beyonce wasn't registered by her original owner.  She wasn't neutered and there were no health records until her second owner got her.  Thankfully she did get good care then; was altered, given vaccinations and a nice home.  But due to her experiences, she has 'issues'.  She has not the docile personality of most Ragdolls, but is very beautiful and can't help it that she gets 'overstimulated' and acts out.  We have put placing her in a new home on hold and she will stay with us.  Hopefully she will learn what it is to be a true Ragdoll from our other cats.  Please never consider buying a kitten or puppy from a pet store.  Buy from a reputable breeder who will socialize and love your baby before it goes to you.  Reputable breeders want to KNOW the people who adopt their babies!'

 

THUMBALINA

Thumby is the only non-Ragdoll cat in the house.  At fourteen, she does very well, but really doesn’t like the Ragdolls at all.  Luckily, their dispositions have rubbed off on her and she is a nicer girl to be around than she was before she met them!  Thumby is a mixed-bred longhaired white cat with double paws.  She’s sweet to Lana and tolerates Beau, but doesn’t like anyone else, human or animal.  Thank goodness Ragdolls have that wonderful personality, because they are very nice to Thumb, even though she hisses at them on a regular basis.