The mitted & colorpoint Ragdolls finally have AOV status in CFA. Check back soon for more information.

CFA's First Ragdoll Specialty Show was a huge success! Pictures and a summary will be posted soon.

RBC T-Shirts now available! Quantities are limited so order yours today!

The Ragdoll is one of CFA's fastest-growing breeds!! Look at the recent CFA Breed Stats

Visit one of RBC's newest pages: CFA's Hidden Treasures

New Breed Standard went into effect May 1, 2005.

Pictures from the Colorpoint proposal and presentation at the February 2005 CFA Board meeting in Houston, Texas

2004 CFA Breed Stats

CFA recently released information about the numbers of cats and litters registered from each accepted breed (CFA Almanac, Apr/May 2005).

Ragdolls jumped from #11 in 2003 to #6 based on the number of cats registered!!

The Ragdoll showed, by far, the largest increase of CFA's Top Ten breeds. At a time when most breeds showed a significant decline in registrations, Ragdoll registrations jumped by 28%!! Incredible! Keep registering those Ragdolls in CFA!

CFA Breed Registration Totals
Top Ten Breeds
January 1 - December 31, 2004

Breed Name

Males

Females

’04 Total

’03 Total

Gain/Loss

% Change

1. Persian

7,633

10,543

18,176

20,431

(2,255)

(11%)

2. Maine Coon

1,930

2,232

4.162

4,385

(223)

(5%)

3. Exotic SH

1,169

1,669

2,838

2,720

118

4%

4. Siamese

702

919

1,621

1,921

(300)

(16%)

5. Abyssinian

646

816

1,462

1,417

45

3%

6. Ragdoll

405

576

981

765

216

28% !!!

7. Birman

431

514

945

1,057

(112)

(11%)

8. Oriental

373

481

854

952

(98)

(10%)

9. American SH

381

465

846

874

(28)

(3%)

10. Tonkinese

326

391

717

864

(147)

(17%)

CFA Birth Statistics
January 1 - December 31, 2004

Breed Name*

2004 Litters

2004 Kittens

2003 Litters

2003 Kittens

Chg in Litters

% Chg Litters

1. Persian

12,389

41,898

16,519

55,148

(4130)

(25%)

2. Maine Coon

1,638

6,751

2,415

9,765

(777)

(32%)

3. Exotic SH

1,513

6,415

1,920

5,982

(407)

(21%)

4. Siamese

918

3,696

1,345

5,437

(427)

(32%)

5. Abyssinian

827

2,503

1,140

3,421

(313)

(27%)

6. Ragdoll

435

1,762

512

2,198

(77)

(15%)

7. Birman

461

1,392

617

1,738

(156)

(25%)

8. Oriental

334

1,189

500

1,722

(166)

(33%)

9. American SH

318

1,031

439

1,476

(121)

(28%)

10. Tonkinese

326

1,315

503

1,934

(177)

(35%)
* Top Ten breeds as determined by total cat registrations (Table 1)
**Derived from the number of living births reported on litter applications.

CFA Breed Registrations
Ragdoll Registrations by Pattern
January 1 - December 31, 2004

Pattern

Lynx

Other

Choc

Seal

Lilac

Blue

Total

%

Colorpoint

28

17

1

41

3

41

131

13%

Mitted

43

26

0

119

2

115

305

31%

Bicolor

46

29

7

212

10

238

542

55%

Van

0

0

0

2

0

1

3

<1%

Total

117

72

8

374

15

395

981

%

12%

7%

<1%

38%

2%

40%

100%

Credits:
Thank you to photographers Helmi Flick (Clarkston Rags Bicolor), J. Hopper (Mitted), & Nancy McCallum (Supurr Ragdolls Kittens) for our logo cats and kittens.
Thank you to Linda Nelson for all her work on the original RBC site.

2004 CFA Breed Stats

CFA recently released information about the numbers of cats and litters registered from each accepted breed (CFA Almanac, Apr/May 2005).

Ragdolls jumped from #11 in 2003 to #6 based on the number of cats registered!!

The Ragdoll showed, by far, the largest increase of CFA's Top Ten breeds. At a time when most breeds showed a significant decline in registrations, Ragdoll registrations jumped by 28%!! Incredible! Keep registering those Ragdolls in CFA!

CFA Breed Registration TotalsTop Ten BreedsJanuary 1 - December 31, 2004

CFA Breed Registration Totals
Top Ten Breeds
January 1 - December 31, 2004