Ragtime RagaMuffin Cats & Kittens

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Welcome to Ragtime Cats......

RagaMuffins are Huggable, extremely lovable, "teddy-bear" like cats.  They are the ideal feline family member.

Our Goal:

Our goal is to breed high quality RagaMuffins with great purrsonalities.

About Ragtime:

Ragtime RagaMuffins is an in home cattery.  Our kittens are raised underfoot where they have opportunities to be social and play with other pets.

We are a proud founding member of the RagaMuffin Cat Lovers Society, Inc., and subscribe to a high code of ethics in our breeding program and high standards for our cattery.  We are proud to be vet inspected yearly and certified as a CFA Cattery of Excellence!

Our cats are all registered with the CFA - the Cat Fanciers Association.  Our show cats are also  registered with ACFA - the American Cat Fanciers Association.  Breeding and/or Show RagaMuffins are also  available.  CFA has the MOST restrictive registration policy for the RagaMuffin breed - if you want to be 100% assured of "pure/genuine" RagaMuffins "from original lines" without Siberian mixes - ask for CFA paperwork!  We will ONLY work with RagaMuffin cats & lines who are CFA registered.

I have a strong commitment to our cats and work hard to promote the breed.  I show strongly across the nation.  I am the Founding Spokesperson (Feb 2003) and the elected Breed Chair (2003 - 2010/present) for RagaMuffins in CFA and I am also an elected member of the breed executive committee in ACFA.  I serve as President of the RagaMuffin Cat Society - a CFA chartered club, and as President of the RagaMuffin Cat Lovers Society - an organization devoted to the RagaMuffin breed.  I also serve CFA as an Ambassador, Mentor and Licensed Master Clerk.  I am also presently the RagaMuffin breed chair in AACE.

Ragtime Cats has the Top winning RagaMuffins in the Nation, while also preserving the fabulous tempermant within our cats!  We are extremely proud to have had the Nations Best RagaMuffin Cat in ACFA - Three Years Straight!  We are the ONLY RagaMuffin breeder to have ANY National Win in our 4th & 5th show Season - AND the ONLY RagaMuffin breeder to have National Wins ALL FIVE YEARS of competition, since our championship status.  If your looking for show cats - compare your titles - not ALL titles are equal.  Many breeders claim titles from extremely small organizations where there was literally no competition for a win.  Others claim titles are unimportant - most people can figure why someone would say that, or they would be happy to tell you all about their own titles!  Also - in order to OFFICIALLY call a cat a National Winner in ACFA - You must place in the Top 20 in the Nation - there are breeders who claim "IA" (Inter-American) wins to try to deceive you that they have top winning cats.  Their "IA Wins" may be as simple as a color placement - which is almost a given with the number of colors in our breed.  There are very few true National Winners in ACFA - 10 to be exact in 5 years!  8 of those 10 are with Ragtime Cats.

We are also proud to be recognized as a leader in the RagaMuffin - our latest credit is to have written the RagaMuffin chapter for the newest book "The CFA Complete Book of Cat Breeds" - released in October 2004.  So be sure to check the RagaMuffin section!

We ship Domestically and Internationally.  We are proud to have the first RagaMuffins now founded in France!

Vet Inspected and Top Rated

2004 CFA Cattery of Excellence

2004 CFA Cattery of Excellence

CFA Cattery of Excellence

Member and Chair of the CFA RagaMuffin Committee

From our inception in 2003 - present.  (banners first created for us in 2005)

Member in 2003 & 2004.

CFA Breed Committee Member

Breed Committee Member

Breed Committee Member

Showing RagaMuffins:

RagaMuffins are accepted for Championship in ACFA (American Cat Fanciers Association), CFF (Cat Fanciers Federation), and AACE (American Association of Cat Enthusiasts). RagaMuffins are accepted as a Miscellaneous Breed in CFA (Cat Fanciers Association).  RagaMuffins are accepted for Registration in TICA (The International Cat Association).

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Best RagaMuffin 2006-2007!!!!!!!!!!!

RW QGC Ragtime Cats Slys Legacy

SW Region BEST CAT

WTG Peanut!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

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Another Best in Show!!!!!!!!!!

GC Ragtime Cats Howling Tiger - Brown Tabby Van Male

Finals in ALL EIGHT rings - Highest Scoring Cat in Championship!

July 22 & 23, 2006!  Orlando, FL

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This seasons show boy....(2005-2006)......NW QGC Ragtime Cats Worth the Wait - a Red McTabby & White male

Proud to be the ONLY RagaMuffin to place Nationally in ACFA during the 2005-2006 Show Season!

Sire:  NW QGC Ragtime Cats Our Man Cody, LA

Dam:  RW QGC Ragtime Cats Tres Diva of MufnHugs

Go "Pita"...............

March 11 & 12, 2006 - Portage, Indiana - BEST IN SHOW!!!!!!!!!!

And again - March 25 & 26, 2006 - Woodstock, VA - BEST IN SHOW!!!!!!!!

BEST RAGAMUFFIN CAT IN SHOW - ANNUAL RAGAMUFFIN CONGRESS! - April 29 & 30, 2006!

Congrats & Show brags also go to:  Ragtime Cats Blazing Sunshine Man - AKA "MO" - BEST RAGAMUFFIN KITTEN IN SHOW! and GC Ragtime Cats Opal - BEST RAGAMUFFIN ALTER IN SHOW!  

    Here is "Mo"

Congrats to "Mo" - an ACFA SE Region Kitten Winner!

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NW GRC Ragtime Cats Snow Covered Forest - Brown McTabby Van Male

Proud to be the ONLY RagaMuffin to place Nationally in ACFA during the 2004-2005 Show Season!

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RW QGC Ragtime Cats Dazzling Autumn, LA

Tortoiseshell & White Female

NE REGION - BEST KITTEN 2001-2002

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Ragtime Cats is extremely proud to be the leader in producing the Best quality show cats with our famous tempermant!

Our ACFA credits (6 years of Championship status):
12 National Winners - Top 20 IA
52 - Regional Winners - Top 20 in Region
38 Grand Champions
3 Legacy of Achievement Cats - for top performance in a minimum of 3 show seasons.
2 Legacy of Excellence Cats - for a cat who produces a minimum number of Grand Champion offspring.  

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Ragtime Cats is the proud breeder of the first ever RagaMuffin Grand Champion in ACFA - Ragtime Cats Elby of Big Bear Cats!  Black & White Male.   Also pictured is his son - GC Ragtime Cats Elbys Moonlight Gift.

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The first ever RagaMuffin Grand Champion Alter in ACFA - Ragtime Cats Creampuff!  Red McTabby & White Neuter.  Creampuff is now also the first ever Quad Grand Champion in ACFA!

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The first Female Grand Champion in ACFA - Ragtime Cats Opehlia!   Blue Tortie Point & White Female.  Ophelia is now the first female and whole cat Quad Grand Champion in ACFA!

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The First ever RagaMuffin to earn Legacy of Achievement for top wins over multiple seasons!  NW QGC Ragtime Cats Our Man Cody, LA - Seal Lynx Point & White Male.

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Best RagaMuffin in the Nation - 2 years in a row!  2002/2003 & 2003/2004!

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The First ever RagaMuffin to earn Legacy of Excellence for producing Grand Champion offspring.........RW QGC Encore Cats Allegra of Ragtime Cats - Tortoiseshell & white Female.

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The second ever RagaMuffin to earn Legacy of Excellence for producing Grand Champion offspring..........CH Frontier Rags Betsy of Ragtime Cats - Silver McTabby & White Female.

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Persians:

While Ragtime Cats remains devoted to the RagaMuffin cat - we are also working on requirements for association judging programs.  This requires working with cats different from your 'primary' breed, which is the RagaMuffin. 

We have worked closely with All Aglitter Persians.  Thus we also have a breeding silver & golden female.  We will be showing their offspring in CFA.  We are extremely proud to work with these beautiful cats and are now proud to be a member of the CFA Breed Council for the Silver & Golden Persian!  Another big thanks goes to Diane for the wonderful breeding stock she entrusted to us - whereas we now have our own home-grown "Ragtime cats" CFA Persian Grand!

At this time, we do not plan to breed anymore silver/golden Persians.  Our top queens are now with another of Diane's dear friends, Lavinia Blair, Ramayana Persians.  Please check our Persian link for more information, if you are seeking silver/golden Persians.

2004 Breed Council Member

Breed Council Member

Silver & Golden Division Persians

 

This space is dedicated to a wonderful friend and fellow breeder who is VERY deeply missed:   Gloria Middleton of Rainbows M&M Cattery - American Shorthairs.

Gloria - we know you are watching over all of us now - and you are dearly missed.  You were a blessing to all who knew you and you are missed in our showhalls.  I am sad to have never had the pleasure of owning one of your precious babies - but I'm proud to have had the chance to know and love some of them personally.  I know "Stoney" is now upon your lap and a happy boy with his mommie.  I look forward to the day when we can meet again.  

You will never be forgotten here!

We feed all our cats Life's Abundance Cat Food.  Info may be found at http://www.la4pethealth.com

Great kitty toys and items may be found at:  http://www.katsnstuff.com

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All our Cats are Registered with the following association:

CFA - www.cfainc.org

    Celebrating 100 years!

 

Contact Information:

Telephone:  813-265-0765  (Email contact preferred)

Postal Address:  P.O. Box 2208, Lutz, FL 33548-2208 (Tampa Area)

Electronic Mail:  LMGregory1@aol.com    

Information and Sales:  LMGregory1@aol.com

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