RagaMuffin

• Body
• The overall impression of the RagaMuffin should be one of sweetness and robust health, reaching maturity at about four years of age. The RagaMuffin females are generally smaller than males, both being firm, muscular and heavy with a tendency toward a fatty pad (greater omentum) on the lower abdomen. The cat is most striking with a white symmetrical blade or star, paws and tipped tails set against darker fur. Aside from size and docile nature there are no extremes in this cat. This "Rag type" cat is people loving and affectionate.
  
• Head
The head is a broad modified wedge with a rounded appearance. Muzzle is round, medium in length with a well developed chin and medium length nose tending to broadness and a moderate puffiness to the whisker pad which results in the characteristic "sweet look" of the RagaMuffin. Cheeks are full. Nose is to be gently concaved between the eyes giving the impression of a scoop rather than a break. Neck is short, heavy and strong particularily in older males. Five points of the possible 25 to be awarded for a sweet expression.

• Ears
• Ears are of medium size, set to the side of the head without flaring, tilted slightly forward, rounded (lynx points should have tufts on the tips of the ears) with moderate furnishings, in pleasing proportion to the head. Ear opening or bottom of the ear is to come off the cheek bones.
  
• Eyes
• Very large walnut shaped, moderately wide set the ears contribute to the characteristic sweet look. The more intense the eye color the better. Eye color requirements are as follows:
  • Pointed: Blue eyes
  • all others: All colors corresponding to the body color
    
• Body type
• Long, rectangular with broad chest and shoulders. Moderately heavy musceling in the hindquarters with hindquarters being especially as braod as shoulders. Body is solid with firm muscle and no flabbiness with the exception of the fatty pad (greater omentum) in the lower abdomen.
  
• Tail
• Long, at least the length of the body, from rump to middle of depression between shoulder blader. It is fully furred, similar in look to a plume of soft bottle brush with slight taper.
  
• Legs and paws
• Legs should be moderately to heavily boned, medium in length with the back legs slightly longere than the front legs, yet in proportion to body. The paws should be large and round, able to support the weight of the cat without splaying and with tufts beneath and between the paws.
  
• Coat
• The fur is to be medium to medium-long. Texture is to be dense and silky similar to a heavily furred rabbit. Fur length is to be slightly longer around neck and outer edges of face resulting in the appearance of a ruff and increasing in length from top of head down through shoulder blades and back, with the coat on the sides and stomach being medium to medium-long. The fur on the front legs is thick and short to medium in length. The fur on the hind legs is medium to medium-long and thick with the appearance of a wispy frill on the hindquarters.
  
• Colors and markings
• Due to spotting gene color in areas designated white is acceptable in moderation. Color in these areas is not to exceed two toes on paws or 15% in other areas. Points for cats with markings should be divided evenly: five points for color, five points for pattern. Please check pattern description for details. White tipped tail is most desirable.
  
• Condition
• Cat must exhibit excellent health and good care. It is to be clean and well groomed, with bright eyes, clean ears and have no signs of parasites.
  
• Allowable outcrosses
• Ragdoll, Persian, Himalayan and domestic Longhair.
  
• Accepted colors
• All colors genetically possible.
  
• Allowances
• Lighter eye color in dilutes. Shorter fur on the legs for cats with medium length coat. Seasonal changes in coat length and textures. Smaller size in females and cats under four years of age. Short ruff on whole cats. Body darkening in older cats and lighter or incomplete markings in kittens and young cats as certain colors and patterns are slow to develop.
  
• Penalize
• Head: Extreme cranial doming, nose break, Roman nose, small ears, pointed ears.
• Body: Cobby
• Tail: Short
• Coat: Cottony undercoat, short coat
  
• Withholds
• Poor health or condition, crossed eyes, tail kink or polydactyl.
  
• Preferences
• Symmetrical markings, affectionate nature, white tip on tail, and deep bright eye color.




Pattern description

Color point description

• Color point
• Ears, mask, feet and tail should have darker, well-defined color. Body color is to be lighter than point colors; chest, bib and chin areas may be somewhat lighter in color. Soft shadings of color are allowed on the body. Allowances are to be made for incomplete color development for a cat under a year old and for darkening of the body color in mature cats.
  
• Mitted
• Any color point with mittens. There should not be any white on the back or sides. In the ideal specimen the white mittens end in an even line across the front of the break of the feet of all four paws. Note that the description of the mittens applies only to the front of the feet. In general, low mittens are preferred to high mittens or boots. In the absence of the ideal which is difficult to achieve due to the white spotting factor the following is the order of priority:
  
  
  • Evenly matched mittens on all four feet.
    Evenly matched on all four feet.
  • Evenly match front mittens and evenly matched rear mittens, even though front mittens do not match the rear mittens
  • Evenly matched front mittens and uneven rear mittens
  • uneven front mittens and evenly matched rear mittens
  
  
  On the back paws the gloves may continue up the back of the leg. This is preferred to as laces. It is preferred that the laces donīt continue past the hock.
  
  The mitted variety is to have a white bib with a white stripe varying in width extending from bib and running down underside to under the base of the tail.
  
  Points: legs (except for feet), ears, mask and tail are to be dark, well defined color.
  
  Body: The pigment on the body is a shade lighter than the point color.




Mitted with Blaze

• All requirements of the mitted patterns with the addition of a blaze or star on the forehead. This may range from the tip of the nose to the forehead. The blaze may be broken and varying in length, but not extend into the eye area. Symmetrical markings are preferred.




Colorpoint and white

• This is a color pointed cat with random white markings that are pleasing to the eye. Cats with this pattern may also be mitted.




Solid Division

• The term solid as applied to RagaMuffin cats refer to all the standard colors and patterns generally associated with the Persian other than the Color Point Patterns. This would include tabby, tortoiseshell, solid and shaded.




Solid

• Any color genetically possible with absolutely no white




Mitted

• Any color genetically possible with mitts (paws). See description for Mitted Color Point Pattern




Mitted with Blaze

• Any solid color genetically possible with mitts and a blaze. See description for Mitted with Blaze Color Point Pattern.




Color and White

• A random combination of any solid color genetically possible and white in a pattern that is pleasing to the eye. Cats in the "And White" classes are allowed to have scattered white hairs throughout the coat although preference should be given to those that do not have them.



• Standard of Points

  Head (35 points) 20 points = Shape 05 points = Sweet expression 05 points = Ears 05 points = Eyes Body/Tail (30 points) 20 points = Body 05 points = Legs/Feet 05 points = Tail Coat (10 points) Texture (10 points) Color (05 points) Condition (10 points)

This standard of points depends on the original from ACFA, stated in 2000.

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