Editing Ragdoll (section)

==History==
[[File:Pansy cat.jpg| thumb | right |A bicolor Ragdoll cat]]
The breed was developed in [[Riverside, California]], by breeder Ann Baker. In 1963, a regular, non-pedigreed, white domestic longhaired cat named Josephine produced several litters of typical cats.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ragdoll – The Cat Fanciers' Association, Inc|url=https://cfa.org/ragdoll/|access-date=20 November 2020|website=cfa.org}}</ref> Josephine was not of any particular breed, nor were the males who sired the original litters. Ann Baker herself said that the original cats of the Ragdoll breed were "alley cats".<ref>{{cite web | url=https://riversiderags.com/history-of-the-ragdoll-cat-breed/ | title=History of the Ragdoll Cat Breed | date=19 February 2023 }}</ref> Josephine later produced kittens with a docile, placid temperament, affectionate nature, and a tendency to go limp and relaxed when picked up.<ref name="Helgren2006" />

Out of those early litters came Blackie, an all-black male, and Daddy Warbucks, a seal point with white feet. Daddy Warbucks sired the founding bi-color female Fugianna, and Blackie sired Buckwheat, a dark brown-black Burmese-like female. Both Fugianna and Buckwheat were Josephine's daughters. All Ragdolls are descended from Baker's cats through matings of Daddy Warbucks to Fugianna and Buckwheat.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ragdollhistoricalsociety.com/ragdoll-history.php |title=Ragdoll History-The Beginning |publisher=Ragdoll Historical Society |access-date=6 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150218211300/http://ragdollhistoricalsociety.com/ragdoll-history.php |archive-date=18 February 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=":0" />

Baker, in an unusual move, spurned traditional cat breeding associations. She trademarked the name ''Ragdoll'', set up her own registry—the International Ragdoll Cat Association (IRCA)—around 1971, and enforced stringent standards on anyone who wanted to breed or sell cats under that name.<ref name="Helgren2006">{{cite web |last=Helgren |first=J. Anne |date=2006 |title=Ragdoll |publisher=Telemark Productions |url=http://www.iams.com/pet-health/cat-breeds/ragdoll |website=[[Iams]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141113103751/https://www.iams.com/pet-health/cat-breeds/ragdoll |archive-date=13 November 2014}}</ref> The Ragdolls were also not allowed to be registered by other breed associations.<ref name="Iams">{{cite web |url=http://us.iams.com/iams/en_US/jsp/IAMS_Page.jsp?pageID=CBD&breedPage=ragdoll.html |title=Ragdoll |website=[[Iams]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928110337/http://us.iams.com/iams/en_US/jsp/IAMS_Page.jsp?pageID=CBD&breedPage=ragdoll.html |archive-date=28 September 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="Domestic Cats">{{cite book|last1=Robbins|first1=Nancy|title=Domestic Cats: Their History, Breeds and Other Facts|date=14 February 2012|publisher=CreateSpace|isbn=9781470075385|page=220}}</ref> The IRCA is still in existence today but is quite small, particularly since Baker's death in 1997.

In 1975, a group led by a husband-and-wife team, Denny and Laura Dayton, broke ranks with the IRCA to gain mainstream recognition for the Ragdoll. Beginning with a breeding pair of IRCA cats, this group eventually developed the Ragdoll standard currently accepted by major cat registries such as the [[Cat Fanciers' Association|CFA]] and the [[FIFe]].<ref name=raistrickragdolls>{{cite web|url=http://www.raistrickragdolls.co.uk/ragdoll-cats.php|title=Raistrick Ragdolls|website=Raistrickragdfolls.co.uk|access-date=15 November 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129045115/http://www.raistrickragdolls.co.uk/ragdoll-cats.php|archive-date=29 November 2014}}</ref> Around the time of the spread of the Ragdoll breed in America during the early 1960s, a breeding pair of Ragdolls was exported to the UK. Eight more cats followed this pair to fully establish the breed in the UK, where the [[Governing Council of the Cat Fancy]] recognizes it.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gccfcats.org/breeds.html|title=Welcome to the Governing Council of the Cat Fancy|access-date=14 December 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121208085015/http://www.gccfcats.org/breeds.html|archive-date=8 December 2012}}</ref>