| The ragdoll cat personality is often what attracts cat | | | | if they trust you will go limp when you hold them. |
| owners to the breed. On the outside the ragdoll is | | | | Perhaps then the ragdoll is simply more trusting and |
| large, medium haired, beautifully coloured, blue eyed | | | | flops when they barely know you at all; this trusting |
| breed of cat. Inwardly, they exhibit strange | | | | nature is often seen as a very attractive quality in |
| personality traits that set them aside from many | | | | the ragdolls. |
| other breeds of cat. While there are many myths | | | | Ragdolls love people, they love other cats, they love |
| and generalizations surrounding the good nature of | | | | other pets and stranger even, they appear to love |
| this exotic breed, more often than not the myths | | | | water. A ragdoll will happily play in running water for |
| are founded in truths. | | | | hours, apparently fascinated by the wetness of it! |
| The ragdoll cat personality is one generalized as being | | | | They have even been known to attempt to join |
| a cautious mix of intelligence and a gentle, trusting | | | | their owners in the bath or shower, setting them |
| nature. While many ragdoll cats can be attributed to | | | | aside from most other cat breeds, traditionally known |
| these personality traits, there are many more who | | | | as water haters. For this reason, outside the ragdoll |
| deviate from the norm. It would be too general to | | | | can easily end up drowning, they must be kept away |
| say that all ragdoll cats are intelligent, just as in any | | | | from ponds, swimming pools and other large bodies |
| breed there is diversity, and there is obviously the | | | | of water, even if supervised. |
| force of nurture to take into consideration. | | | | Ragdoll cats will happily spend days curled up on you |
| Certainly the standard ragdoll cat is a gentle, kindly | | | | lap, purring, meowing to you, they are not known for |
| creature, which would much rather spend time with | | | | their independence, unlike many other breeds, you will |
| you and those in your family, then go roaming out | | | | find the ragdoll to exhibit co-dependence, a good |
| and about. Then again, ragdoll's are rarely given the | | | | thing for some owners, a markedly annoying trait for |
| opportunity to be roamers - they are frequently and | | | | others, but however you view being followed around |
| rightly kept as indoor cats, being far too trusting and | | | | all day, be prepared to step on a few tails several |
| lacking the street smarts of other outdoor cat | | | | times a day, you might not even realize they are |
| breeds. | | | | stood right behind you. |
| They tend to be laid back and far too passive for | | | | But despite all the hype regarding their 'laid back' |
| the outside world, their lack of violent tendencies | | | | nature, and the ability to adapt to living with almost |
| often mean they are unlikely to fight back, even if | | | | any animal, remember, just like us, each cat is |
| threatened, causing no end of scrapes and problems | | | | different, and will exhibit different traits, don't just |
| in the outside world. | | | | assume that the ragdoll cats personality will be the |
| The myths tell us the ragdoll was named as such due | | | | 'typical' or standardized one, prepare for individual |
| to their tendency to flop while being held in your | | | | differences and you wont be disappointed. |
| arms, but they are not alone in this, many other cats | | | | |