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This post is for two groups of people at the same time. If you are a prospective buyer evaluating our program, this is a look at how a health decision actually gets made here — from the data we collect, through the research we run, to the concrete changes we implement across the whole household. […]

Do Ragdolls Actually Go Limp When You Hold Them? A Breeder’s Honest Answer If you’ve spent any time researching the Ragdoll breed, you’ve heard it: “They go limp like a ragdoll when you pick them up!” It’s in every breed description. It’s the whole reason for the name. It’s the thing that makes Ragdolls sound […]

How I Became a Breeder — And What I Wish More Breeders Were Doing People sometimes ask me how I ended up breeding Ragdolls. The honest answer is that I’ve been an animal person my entire life — and long before Ragdolls, there were rabbits. 4-H, Rabbits, and Learning How to Breed Before I ever […]

How Does a Ragdoll Breeder Waitlist Actually Work? You’ve decided you want a Ragdoll. You’ve found a breeder you like. You look at their available kittens page, and it says: “All kittens currently reserved. Join our waitlist for upcoming litters.” And your first thought is: …what? Waitlists are one of the most confusing parts of […]

Comprehensive Health Testing on Every Ragdoll Kitten: Our New Standard When you bring home a kitten from Kitten Around Ragdolls, you’re getting more than just a beautiful cat. You’re getting our commitment to breed for health, temperament, and lifelong wellbeing. Today, I’m sharing an update to how we deliver on that commitment: we now send […]

How We Ensure Every Ragdoll Kitten Is Healthy: Our Complete Cattery Protocol When families are choosing between Ragdoll breeders, the single most important thing they can look at isn’t the website. It isn’t the photos. It isn’t even the prices. It’s the health protocol — what the breeder actually does, step by step, to ensure […]

How to Buy a Ragdoll Kitten: A Breeder’s Complete Guide to Getting It Right You’ve decided you want a Ragdoll. Congratulations — you’re about to bring home one of the most affectionate, family-oriented cat breeds in the world. Now comes the hard part. Because if you’ve spent even a few hours researching Ragdoll breeders online, […]

Is Your Ragdoll’s Belly (or Ears, or Nose) Trying to Tell You Something? Recognizing Food Allergies Early Here’s a pattern we’ve been seeing lately — and hearing about from other Ragdoll breeders we trust. A family brings home a beautiful Ragdoll kitten. Everything goes great for the first several months. Then something starts. A little […]

When we started Kitten Around Ragdolls, one of the first things we had to figure out was where our mama cats should give birth. Like a lot of new breeders, we tried the traditional approach first — open-top cardboard whelping boxes, custom-built wooden queening boxes, even repurposed plastic storage bins lined with soft bedding. Every […]