The Ragdoll Cat had its beginnings in Riverside California in the1960's. A woman named Ann Baker used several feral cats, in which she recognized special qualities, to establish the Ragdoll breed. She used a feral cat named Josephine, who had become somewhat tame after being nursed back to health following an automobile accident. The kittens from her litters, Buckwheat, Daddy Warbucks and Fugianna were used to establish the breed. Ragdolls have become the fastest growing, most lovable breed ever developed. They are strictly indoor cats as they are very docile and depend upon and love their owners. They have very sweet temperaments, plush bunny like coats and big blue eyes. They are characteristically warm and friendly and want to be wherever you are. They will follow you from room to room. They are like having a dog in a cat suit. They have the purrfect personality for any family. All Ragdolls are pointed cats which means they have a darker color on ears, face, legs and tails with a lighter body color. the four standard colors are: seal, blue, lilac (or frost) and chocolate. There are three standard patterns colorpoint, mitted, and bicolor. More contemporary colors and patterns are flame, tortie and torbie(always female) and lynx which adds tabbie striping to the above colors and patterns. Ragdolls are large cats. Males can weigh between 12 and 20 pounds and females between 10 and 15 pounds at maturity. They do not reach full size, color, weight and fur capacity until approximately 3 years of age. Since the Ragdoll is slower to mature, we keep babies until they are between  twelve  and fourteen weeks of age.