History of the Ragdoll in the UK
History of the Ragdoll in the UK
In Spring 1981 Four Ragdoll kittens were exported from Denny & Laura Dayton’s Blossom Time Cattery in California. USA
Lulu Rowley of Petil-lu Cattery imported two of the Kittens a Male & Female
Blossom-time Lad & Blossom time Lass a Seal Colourpoint & a Seal Mitted
Pat Brownsell of Patriarca Cattery imported the other pair of kittens
Blossom-Time Prim & Blossom –Time Proper
In July whilst still in Quarantine Lass gave birth to three Female kittens
These two ladies soon realised they needed to look to the future and make the base of there foundation cats broader so they imported a further eight Ragdolls within a year of the first arrivals.
These wonderful Ragdoll cats were
Blossom-time Romeo Blossom-time Juliet
Blossom-time Pistil Blossom-time Camellia
Bossom-time Bannanas Blossom-time Myrtie
Blossom-time Spring Blossom-time Summer
Once these two ladies had their breeding lines established & they were able to produce kittens in all the three Ragdoll Patterns of Colourpoint, Mitted & Bicolour they received requests from many other breeders in the UK, Europe and Australia. Who also wished to establish thier own Ragdoll breeding lines.
A lady called Sue Ward Smith in Sussex was one such person and her Prefix was Pandapaws.
Sue along with a small dedicated group of Ragdoll Breeder enthusiasts started to organise getting the UK Ragdolls accepted and Registered by the Governing Council of the Cat Fancy.
In March 1990 recognition was finally achieved and the Ragdoll Cat were made eligible to be shown in the Assessment classes at Champion Cat Shows around the country and also the affiliation of the British Ragdoll Cat Club.