Cat Breeds - Ragdoll

In the world of purebred cats the Ragdoll is known for it's size, beauty, and purr-sonality. The ragdoll is a blue-eyed pointed breed. It has soft, rarely matting, bunny-like fur. The ragdoll is one of the largest breeds of domestic cat with some males reaching over 20 pounds at maturity. Ragdolls are gentle, loving, loyal companions that can fit into nearly any home. They generally get along with other pets and the whole family. Your ragdoll will take time to mature since they do not reach their full size until 3 to 4 years and their coat color will also continue to develop over time.
The Ragdoll comes in a variety of patterns and point colors. The colorpoint ragdoll has no white and has well defined color at the points (ears, mask, feet, tail).
The cat to the left is a Seal Colorpoint ragdoll.

The Mitted Ragdoll should have dark points, but will have white on the front paws and white going up the back legs at least to the hock. He should have white on his chin and a white belly stripe that runs from the chin to the tail. The cat below is a Seal Mitted Ragdoll.

The Third Pattern is the Bicolor. The bicolor Ragdoll has the most white of all three varieties. The ears, mask and tail will be darker in color. The mask should have an upside-down "V" and the nose should be pink (not the same color as the points as in the other varieties). The chest, stomach, legs, feet and ruff should all be white.
The back may have shading that can be lighter than the point color and may have white markings or patches. Below is an example of a blue bicolor ragdoll.
Different colors and patterns may be recognized by different cat registries and organizations. However, most ragdoll lovers agree that the point colors of seal, blue, chocolate, lilac, red, and cream and the patterns of colorpoint, mitted, bicolor, tortie, torbie, and lynx are acceptable. There is debate about whether other colors, patterns, mink, solids ect are true Ragdolls...BUT the breed standards are clearly written in CFA and TICA and currently those standards call for a Blue eyed pointed breed. For more information about Ragdolls check out the various Cat associations and Ragdoll clubs. Here are some links to my favorites:

http://www.rfci.org/index.php
http://rfwclub.org/index.htm
http://www.cfa.org
http://tica.org/index.php