CHOCOLATE AND LILIAC RAGDOLL

The chocolate and lilac colour in the Ragdoll has always been one of controversial and questioned if at all we ever had it in the Ragdoll.

On the 24^th June 2001 a meeting was called in Stratford in which members of The British Ragdoll Cat Club (TBRCC) and The Progressive Ragdoll Bred Cat Club (PRBCC) attended..

Members of both clubs present were given an ultimatum. In order for the PRBCC to give support for the Red and Tabby lines to be promoted they wanted an outcross programme. A letter was read from the GCCF stating that as we had chocolate and lilac at championship status and no kittens were being registered under those colours they wanted us to re-introduce it to the breed.

Together with the Genetics Executive and the BAC a list of suitable breeds were brought up and voted on. A lot of people did not want an outcross programme but if not decided on and brought in the GCCF could have forced one on us with breeds that were felt may have been unsuitable.

The Following outcross was agreed and unique to the UK and was put into place after being ratified by the GCCF in October 2002. The outcross program using only Siamese and Persian to reintroduce the Chocolate gene had a window of just two years for the first generations to be done and this had to be done by October 2004.

Here at Ragtasia we are working together with a couple of Breeders in the Uk Following the strict UK outcross policy to help bring the Chocolate and Lilac back into the Ragdoll.

It is with a special Thanks to Barry Smith at Leasowes that we have our First Generation Lilac outcross boy

Leasowes Lilacfirstedition.

Leasowes Tristian x Leasowes Lottacocca

We hope that we will soon Have kittens by him with one of our girls. And they will be registered under our Prefix specially for the outcross program Choctasia (registed prefix with the GCCF 2009)

Below is a copy of the UK Outcross program:-

GCCF REGISTRATION POLICY FOR RAGDOLL CATS

Agreed/effective 23.10.02 Amended 18.02.09 (Amendments in bold)

PERMITTED OUTCROSS BREEDS

A Cats of Ragdoll type, but which do not conform to a recognised Ragdoll colour or pattern, bred

from matings between Ragdolls and permitted outcross breeds.

B Full Register Siamese (excluding Caramel)

Note:- no outcrossing acceptable after 23 October 2002 (or when agreed by Council)

Full Register Siamese (excluding Caramel) in the following colours: 24b and 24c.

Note: No outcrossing acceptable after 23 October 2004.

C Persian Longhairs who have been registered on the Full & Supplementary Register where the

preceding five generations did not include Silver, Shaded, Tipped, Bicolour or White.

Note:- no outcrossing acceptable after 23 October 2002. (or when agreed by Council)

Persian Longhairs in the following colours; 13b3, 13b4, 50b and 50c who have been registered on

the Full & Supplementary Register where the preceding five generations did not include Silver,

Shaded, Tipped, Bicolour or White.

Note: No outcrossing acceptable after 23 October 2004.

N.B. It is recommended that any Persian to be used as an outcross should be certified free of PKD

under the FAB/PKD Screening Scheme.

1 . FULL REGISTER

Ragdolls with Championship or Provisional status which have only Ragdolls who have been

registered on the Full or Supplementary Register in their pedigrees within the preceding five

generations shall be placed on the Full Register.

2. SUPPLEMENTARY REGISTER

Ragdolls with Championship or Provisional status which have only Ragdolls in their pedigrees

within the preceding five generations shall be placed on the Supplementary Register.

3. EXPERIMENTAL REGISTER

Ragdolls with Preliminary status which have only Ragdolls in their pedigrees within the preceding

five generations, shall be placed on the Experimental Register.

4. REFERENCE REGISTER

a. Cats which conform to a recognised Ragdoll colour and pattern, bred from a mating between a

Ragdoll and one of the permitted outcross breeds as defined in A, B or C above, shall be

registered on the Reference Register as Ragdolls.

b. Cats bred from a mating between a Ragdoll and one of the permitted outcross breeds as

defined in A, B or C above, but which do not conform to a recognised Ragdoll colour and pattern,

shall be registered on the Reference Register as 'of Ragdoll type'.

c. Cats of Ragdoll appearance bred from any mating other than Ragdoll x Ragdoll, or Ragdoll x

one of the permitted outcross breeds as defined in A, B or C above, shall be registered on the

Reference Register as no recognised breed and with no progression.

NB IMPORTS

Imported Ragdolls with a certified pedigree showing five generations of Ragdoll breeding shall be

registered as the first generation on the Supplementary or Experimental Register. Any Cats of Ragdoll appearance bred from any other mating other than Ragdoll x Ragdoll, or Ragdoll x one of the permitted outcross breeds as defined in 4a, 4b, & 4c above, must be overstamped, 'must not be used for Ragdoll Breeding'. No progeny will ever be Recognised or Registered as Ragdolls.

GCCF, 5 King’s Castle Business Park, The Drove, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA6 4AG Tel: 01278 427575 email: [email protected]

Should any further colours of Ragdoll be developed as a breed, the appropriate cats may be registered

as Ragdolls on the Experimental or Reference Register as appropriate, at the request of the Ragdoll

Breed Advisory Committee. Those cats already registered on the Reference Register, but which qualify

to be registered on the Experimental Register, shall then be treated as if they were registered on the

Experimental Register.

For further information please contact the Secretary of the Ragdoll Breed Advisory Committee