Ragdoll Cat History is Stranger Than Fiction

The origins of Ragdoll cats are full of myth and controversy.
This cat's history is often contradictory and confusing; some of
the Ragdoll story is just not possible. Other parts we know to
be factual. First things first: the Ragdoll cat breed started in
California back in the 1960s. It was founded by a woman named
Ann Baker. The very first cat of this breed was for all
intensive purposes a regular cat named Josephine. Ann Baker
noticed something special about Josephine and her offspring. She
decided to breed for this characteristic. Ragdoll cats get their
name from the fact that they go limp like a Ragdoll when held.
Ann Baker went so far to trademark the term Ragdoll; anyone who
bred Ragdoll cats had to pay her royalties to use the name.

It is for this characteristic of the Ragdoll cat breed that Ann
Baker made her unusual claims. Josephine was once hit by a car.
On one account Ann Baker claimed she had taken the injured cat
to a local University to have her patched up; she asked the
University to give her cat new DNA and this is why Ragdoll cats
came to be. Another claim the breed's founder made was that
Ragdoll cats feel no pain whatsoever. The reason she gave for
this followed suite with her previous claims that the cats were
genetically altered and that they were in fact, alien hybrids.
Move over x-files, there have been alien-feline hybrids on earth
since the 60s.

Other claims made about this breed of cat are that they felt no
fear, they are the ideal cat for people with cat allergies, and
they do not have cat instincts due to the fact they are alien
hybrids. When it comes to myths about Ragdoll Cats , ragdoll
history is truly stranger than fiction.