1965 - 1980 1981 - 1995 1997 - 2007
mistakes: small head, stop, short nose, roman profile on adult cats, weak mandible, flat front
Ears:
The ears are
placed aside, are of middle size, open and wide at the
base, lightly bowed down further. The peak of the ears
are rounded, the inner of the ear is slightly haired.
mistakes: too big or too small
ears, too high or peaked
upright ears
owner: von anderland
2008 - 2015
Tina Röllin bought in 1994 the Dayton chart which still was written on papers with a typing machine and she kept them as the most important folder of her Ragdoll breeding. She is in these days the leader of the breeding book of the club Original Ragdoll, genetic is her theme area. It may be possible that this chart worldwide is still the only one. Without this chart it would not have been possible to save the original, the original would have been mixed with other races (source: VdOR).
The 1 line is the founder stem
We call the original stem of which all cats
must have been submitted on the Dayton chart the
Original Ragdoll.
It is the original line. It also can be said “traditional Ragdoll”. All cats
that are submitted on the Dayton chart are accepted, also “Blue Mountain”
and “Purple Heather”! The VdOR let all breeders decide for themselves if
they want to breed with BM/PH or not.
The
2 line is devided in 2 groups
The 1 group contains all accepted and still not
yet accepted new colors.
The Ragdolls
which are of accepted new colors and pattern and the Ragdolls of which more
colors and pattern are still not accepted yet are called
New-Color-Ragdoll or simple NR
by us (source:
VdOR/Dayton chart).
In the 2 group is only
bred with the traditonal colors.
The Ragdoll which shows herself
in the original colors but has new colors and pattern – so has other races
in its ancestors – is called
Ragdolls in “traditional colors”.
But
also this Ragdoll is a NR.
The VdOR does not
accept any cattery which breeds with Ragdolls of
which the ancestors are not known. Such cats will not be submitted at the
VdOR, f.e. Lins and Lacelin
2008
foundation club
of the Original Ragdoll (VdOR)
In this year the club of the
Original Ragdoll was founded in Switzerland. The VdOR
exclusively works with the Original Ragdoll. Based on the
Dayton chart a lot of worth knowing things could be
published and false conjectures could be refuted. The
Ragdoll survived until the foundation of the VdOR for 43
years despite the difficult circumstances for the
purebred ragdoll
(source: VdOR/Dayton chart).
paws:
big,
round and compact, with
hair tufts between the
toes.
tale:
long, medium strong at
the base, tapers
slightly towards the
tail end, in proportion
to the body, well haired
and fluffy.
2010
enlightenment work VdOR
A very active use of the VdOR’s team so that the
knowledge about the original Ragdolls comes back to breeders:
Colors of the foundation cats / numbrs of F1 generation / information about
the gene colortest / database was saved/put under patent at “Eidgenössischen
Institut für Geistiges Eigentum” / pedigrees of Ragdolls can be checked and
certified by the VdOR.
Of course it is not easy for the VdOR to
save and promote the purebred Ragdoll with the unique genetic chart. But the
original Ragdoll as a race has yet a
wonderful personality that is worth to be
bred purebred further on.
Close to the pleasant personality the Ragdoll
is the only race where
cats can be mated and only kitten of the three pattern and four colors arise.
This
is unique too.
The
original Ragdoll is the only race in the cat’s world with a gapless genetic
chart on which all cats
trace back to the founder cats. Should the
Ragdoll get lost the world will not only loose a race but also
a unique genetic chart
will get lost.
Even if the chart is only 50 years old (in the jear 2015) it belongs under
listed building
!!
2010
Genetic-Card-VdOR
The genetic cart from
D. Dayton has been translated and expanded by the member
of the club VdOR T. Röllin and S. Klaus and in 2010
protected by the Swiss Federal Institute of intellectual
property.
Standard of the
original Ragdoll
The Ragdoll is a
semi longhair cat
2011
facebookgroup: Original Ragdoll
founded
https://www.facebook.com/groups/108054489229892/
2013
actual
Reconnaissance by the VdOR on the
13 of February about the catteries “Purple Heather” and “Blue Mountain” (look
1970/1985).
The history of the original Ragdoll was put on the website
(source: RFCI and VdOR-Dayton chart).
2015 The original Ragdoll ist 50 jears old !!!
The versions
Bi-Color:
The white in the mask begins at a
middle point on the front and has the form of a uniformly
reversed”V” which goes uniformly over eyes and cheeks up to
the whisker pads. The other points are ears and tale, well
demarked. The underside of the body and legs are white. The
back may have marks of color in any different size but also
a closed cover. Both is allowed. White legs are preferred.
The
versions Mitted:
The mask covers
the cheeks, whisker pads, nose and eyes. The chin is white.
A blaze in the face is optional. The other points – ears,
tale, legs – are well demarked. Front paws with white gloves.
Back paws with white boots up to the thigh allowed, all
uniformly marked. White stripe from the chin over the belly
up to the back.
The
versions Colorpoint:
colorpoint version with
clear demarked points, the body may have slight shadows. A
mark on the belly is allowed and does not lead to a
reduction of points when the cat is typy.
genetics:
In the past and also today it is claimed that “the Ragdoll
is a race mixed up from different races, it cannot be
purebred.”
The Daytons were very careful. They wanted to bring this
rumor to an end. As they were not trained geneticists they
made check the racial purity of the race Ragdoll by a
geneticist. For this Dayton handled over all breding
dossiers to Dr. Solveig M.V. Pflueger. She should have a
look on the Ragdoll and describe its purity. The
investigation reports had their climax in an eight-hour
lasting seminar at the Dayton’s house. It was joined by
almost all active Ragdoll breeders
Dr. Pflueger’s most important points:
“The origin of this
race does not matter at all. Only important is what there is
about the Ragdoll now. If you look at a Ragdoll and you can
say: the different versions look quite similar in their
appearance, means in type and character, so it can be
concluded that it is an own race. Also important is that it
differs as a group from other races.” The result: “If based
on specific matings it can predicted which pattern arise and
if it occurs as a regularity so it can be said that the
Ragdoll is genetically pure bred.” (source: IG-Ragdoll,
brochure 1992).
The original Ragdoll
has recognition value
Equal how matings are made there only arise 3
pattern and 4 colors!
Difference Ragdoll / Birma
Sometime the mitted Ragdoll
and the race sacred birman cannot be distinguished by
alities (the mitted Ragdoll always has a white chin, the
birman must not have a white chin!). White spores are
visible on the race of sacred birman, they are tapered. The
mitted Ragdoll but must have white boots.
There is also a fundamentally difference in the mating:
mating between birman x birman produces always a cat in
birman markings; mating between mitted Ragdoll x mitted
Ragdoll produces different pattern: colorpoint, mitted or
bicolor.