Body
The medium to large sized cat is muscular and heavy.
Broad chest.
The legs are with susbstantial boning, muscular and of medium length.
Hind legs slightly longer than front legs.
The paws are large, compact and round with toe tufts.
The neck is short and solid.
Tail
The tail is long, equal to length of the body, slightly tapering and with a bushy furnishing.
Head
The head is a broad modified wedge with slightly rounded contours, with the appearance of a flat plane
in area between the ears when looking at the head from the front.
The forehead is slightly arched at eyebrow level.
The profile is slightly curved.
The nose is equally broad from the base to the nose leather.
Rounded muzzle and rounded chin.
Ohren
The ears are of medium size, broad at the base with a rounded tip.
They are set wide apart and slightly tilted forwards.
Eyes
The eyes are large, open and oval. They are set wide apart and slightly slanted.
The colour is an intense blue, the darker the better.
Coat
The coat is of medium length, silky soft in texture and with minimal undercoat.
The coat is longest at the neck. Breeches are desirable.
Colour varieties
The Ragdoll is a pointed cat with Siamese points and recognized in seal, blue, chocolate, lilac, cream,
red, black tortie/tabby, blue tortie/tabby, chocolate tortie/tabby and lilac tortie/tabby.
The Ragdoll is recognized in three patterns:
• Colourpoint
Classical pointed pattern without white. See the list of colours.
Paw pads: see general description of point colours
• Bicolour varieties
1. Bicolour:
The belly, chest and the legs are white, 1-2 very small spots permitted on hind legs. Starting
on the forehead the white continues in form of an inverted "V“ in the mask, it runs into a white
chest without any interruption.
Paw pads: pink or analogous to the coat colour.
2. Mitted:
Pointed pattern with white. White even mitts on the front paws, white boots on the hind legs
reaching to the joint. White on the chin, which continues to a white chest and belly without
interruption.
Remarks
Females are noticeably smaller than males
Development is slow, maturing at 3 to 4 years
Full development of point colour can take up to 2 years
Allow for seasonal coat
Faults
All colours and patterns:
• Stop in the profile
• Roman nose
• Dense undercoat, which permits the coat to stand off from the body
Faults that exclude the certificate
General:
• Insubstantial muscle, boning and size.
• Wooly or cotton coat
Bicolour varieties:
• Large spots of colour on legs
• Absence of inverted ‘V’
• Too much white
• Colour spots on chest or belly
Mitted varieties:
• Absence of white chin and continuous white line down chest and belly
• Large spots of colour on legs
• Absence of any or all mitts on front paws or boots on hind legs
Disqualification
• Any other eye colour than blue.
• Hocking of back legs.
• Presence of silver in the coat.
Permitteed outcrosses:
None
Scale of points
Body: 30 points
Head: 30 points
Coat texture: 10 points
Coat colour and pattern: 25 points
Condition: 5 points