The WillowTreeRags Family Tree

Dedicated to all of the treasured ragdolls that created WillowTreeRags, especially my three foundation Ragdolls (Lady Abigail Byers, TICA CH/CFA CH. Angaline's Donatello and TrexDolls Clancy). Without these three wonderful cats, WillowTreeRags would have never existed as a cattery known for such robust, healthy, and lovely traditional Ragdolls. These cats were the true back bone of our lines, chosen for traits which no other Ragdoll can compete. These cats we hold near and dear to our hearts although they've been retired. Each one of them have contributed a great deal to the breed through their offspring which live on in our two males, TICA RW SGC/CFA GC. WillowTreeRags' Apollo Amadeo & TICA TGC/CFA GC. WillowTreeRags' Hans Donsen, and through their other offspring, grandchildren, great grandchildren, etc, of theirs who touch the lives of each family they love and are loved by.

-Our Retired Kings-

Ch. Angaline's Donatello of WillowTreeRags

*CFA Champion*

*TICA Champion*

Blue Point Bicolor

Sire: Ragalong Leos of Angalines (Blue Point Bicolor)

Dam: PalaceDolls' Avalanche of Angalines (Seal Colorpoint)

This is Donatello, a Blue Point Bicolor he was our first breeding male ever, and the foundation of our lines. He is the father of both WillowTreeRags' Apollo Amadeo & WillowTreeRags' Hans Donsen (our current breeding males). Donatello came to us from a small breeder in Colorado who took fantastic care of him. Donatello achieved his Championship title in both TICA & CFA. Unfortunately, he was a little weary about the show halls so we kept him home instead of showing him most of the time. It is a shame he didn't like showing because he was such a beautiful example of the breed. "Donny" as we called him here was a very handsome cat with an extremely large/long body. The above picture is of him at only 10 months old at his first CFA show. He had a beautiful, sweet expression for a male cat, and use to love to talk to everybody in the house (we hear he still loves to talk in his new home). He loved people loved gazing into our eyes while purring. He was such a darling. We swear he use to answer our questions with "yes" or "no"! Dontello was the epitome of a ragdoll temperment wis and retired from breeding in 2007 when his sons took over. We intended on keeping him at the cattery but he wasn't getting all of the attention he wanted, and wasn't accepting of the other males in the house. We thought he would be more comfortable in a home where he was the only cat, and where he could get all of the love he needed. He now lives in Salem, MA with Samira and has plenty of cat trees and attention to keep him happy. Although it was extremely hard for all of us to part with him, his beautiful lines and outstanding health carry on throughout his sons, Apollo & Hans. You will not see a WillowTreeRags pedigree without out beloved, Donatello.

You always have a home here and in our hearts, we love you & miss you very much, Donny.

 Updated photos of Donny from 2008 in his new home with Samira!

- Our Retired Queens-

Lady Abigale Byers A.K.A. "Xanka"

Blue Point Mitted (w/ "Hour-Glass" blaze)

Sire: Holmes' Sir Jake De Kat (Seal Point Mitted)

Dam: Blue Lace (Blue Point Mitted)

Xanka was the first Ragdoll I had ever met in person, and the most remarkable ragdoll I have yet to ever laid eyes on. From the moment I saw Xanka in pictures, she caught my eye. She was a perfectly marked blue mitted, with an hour-glass blaze, and a little mustache. She had the sweetest expression, and her eyes were the most vibrant and sparkling blue I have seen on any other ragdolls other than her own babies. It is one of my biggest regrets that I retired her and didn't keep more of her kittens. Some of her beautiful children are breeders, including our beautiful DGC. WillowTreeRags' Hans Donsen (blue bicolor), and WillowTreeRags' Raggedy Andy (blue bicolor) who lives with Karen MacPhee in Prince Edward Islands, Canada. Xanka has no inbreeding, and NO outcrossing in her pedigree. She was 100% pure ragdoll, and lived up to every single ragdoll trait desired. I have still not found a pedigree I think is as valuable as hers was. I will never run my cattery without a piece of her living on in some of my cats. Xanka will forever be my most precious treasure.

TrexDolls' Clancy of WillowTreeRags

Seal Point Bicolor

Sire: Simonsezz' Dazzle Me of TrexDolls

Dam: Rockon Rags' Tessa of TrexDolls

This is TrexDolls' Clancy. She is a Seal Point Bicolor, and is the mother of our own RW. SGC. WillowTreeRags' Apollo Amadeo. She has produced some very large litters, with some outstanding kittens! She now lives with a good friend of ours in Massachusetts as one of her breeding cats. She also produced a beautiful Seal Point Bicolor female, named WillowTreeRags' Layla with our Donatello. Layla now lives with her mother, Clancy! Clancy carrys some nice traditional lines, and passes on her HUGE size for a female onto all of her kittens. The above picture is of her at about 1.5 years old.

PerfectRags' Maggie Is A Mystery of WillowTreeRags

Seal Torbie Point Bicolor

Sire: DivaDolls Maddox of Ragnarok (Flame Lynx Point Bicolor)

Dam: PerfectRags' Ladybug Sue (Seal Point Mitted w/ blaze)

Maggie was retired from our breeding program in 2008. She was such a love, and her kittens were such beauties. Many of our pet owners own Maggie's babies, and love them to pieces. They all have personalities to die for! We retired Maggie early on because she would much rather be with people than her kittens.

Maggie is currently in her new home with Ingrid to enjoy life as a retired breeder. :) We love you Mag-Mag!

Thanks Ingrid for loving and taking such wonderful care of Maggie & Silver and Gold!

TheDollHouse' Silver and Gold of WillowTreeRags

*TICA DOUBLE GRAND CHAMPION*

 *CFA CHAMPION*

TICA's 2008-2009 BEST SEAL TORBIE POINT MITTED, INTERNATIONALLY

Seal Torbie Point Mitted

Dam: LeeLynne's Ladymohr of TheDollHouse

Sire: Scruffy Mccoy of TheDollHouse

Silver & Gold is a "torbie", which means she is a TORTIE + LYNX! She is perfectly typed with a wonderful head shape, and has a gorgeous expression (including a very cute blaze on her nose). Silver & Gold has wonderful body length, and a perfect "bunny coat". She is perfectly marked, and has the sweet ragdoll personality to match. At her first show in White Plains, NY she took home 4 finals, at only 8 months old and a female! This is a wonderful accomplishment for such a girl who was only 8 months old. She was in a class against many other ragdolls (13). She continued to show, going as far as California to be awarded ribbons. She finished off the 2008-2009 show season as a TICA Double Grand Champion and the Best Seal Torbie Point Mitted, Internationally. She also achieved Champion status in CFA. Silver and Gold had one litter with us and then was spayed. She lives with another retired breeder of ours, Maggie (above) with Ingrid in Massachusetts!

Thank you Ingrid for opening your heart to yet another one of our retired girls! Silver and Gold's daughter WillowTreeRags' Heart Charm Locket carries her lines on in our cattery!

 SerenityRags' Savannah's Dream of WillowTreeRags

Blue Point Mitted

Sire: Victorian Rags' Gabel of SerenityRags (Blue Point Mitted)

Dam: Racin' Rags' Bonni Blu (Blue Point Bicolor)

"Lily" is one of our lovely retired Queens. Lily has pure traditional lines. It's a pleasure to have her here with us. She is a nice girl, and has a very loving and docile temperament. Always floppy, and purring. She is a very big girl, with a gorgeous traditional look and stunning type. Lily has been such a wonderful mother, and takes outstanding care of all of her plump and outgoing babies! Watch for some of Lily's offspring in the show curcuit! Along with our own TGC. WillowTreeRags' Hans Donsen, she's produced a beautiful Blue Point Bicolor male. His name is TICA RW SGC/CFA CH. WillowTreeRags' Claus Hansen. All of Lily's kittens are very precious ragdolls, and hold those perfect ragdoll qualities that are so cherished and desired by those who love the breed.

Lily is retired and lives with the Moore Family in Massachusetts!

IowasBestRags' Holly of WillowTreeRags

Blue Point Mitted w/ "hourglass" blaze

Sire: Samsun (Blue Point Bicolor)

Dam: IowasBestRags' Little Debbie (Seal Point Bicolor)

Test Results for both HCM DNA Mutations (RD & MC) & PKD: Negative

From the moment I saw Holly's picture online, I was in love with her! When I finally got the chance to meet her in person when she arrived at our home, I was extremely excited and felt honored to have her as part of our ragdoll family! Holly is a Blue Point Mitted, with an "hourglass" blaze. These markings are some of my favorite, because they are so unique and remind me so much of a traditional ragdoll especially since my first ragdoll, Xanka had the same makings and is a ragdoll I think was one of the closest to the standard, along with having a beautiful pedigree, outstanding health, and a total ragdoll temperament. She is like a Xanka-replica. It always amazes me how Holly can look so much like her. Holly's fathers lines originate from well-bred traditional lines, his lines really caught my eye as they are lines I have been seeking to add more of to my cattery. Holly's mother's lines originate from mostly Lonerock. In Holly's background there is one birman outcross (originally added to bring chocolates into the breed by a ragdoll cattery, "Lonerock") on her mother's side. In this case, Holly is NOT 100% traditional. Although, all of Holly's kittens are SBT registered PUREBRED Ragdolls, and are able to be shown in TICA & CFA. WillowTreeRags' Silk Stocking (Blue Colorpoint Female: Out of Hans), WillowTreeRags' Majestic Hansdatter (Blue Point Bicolor Female: Out of Hans), WillowTreeRags' Bellevue Miramar (Seal Point Mitted Female: Out of Apollo), WillowTreeRags' Apollon Rubellius (Seal Point Mitted Male: Out of Apollo). Holly is also the mother of RFCI's 2009-2010 BEST RAGDOLL ALTER OF THE YEAR, TICA RW. SGCA. WillowTreeRags' Irish Fancy, a Seal Point Mitted (with a white tail-tip) male alter shown in TICA and now showing in CFA and lovingly owned primarily as a pet by Katie Clancy.

Holly now lives with the Rudnick's in MA, and is enjoying the good life...being loved.

TICA CH. Wiseacre's Graceful Lady

*TICA CHAMPION*

Blue Colorpoint

Sire: Sinatra Blues (Blue Colorpoint)

Dam: IowasBestRags Tauhnee (Blue Point Mitted)

Gracie now lives with The Farnhams in Indianapolis, as a pet.

Mendelian Geneva of WillowTreeRags

Seal Point Bicolor ("High Mitted")

Sire: Mendelian Puppis (Seal Point Mitted)

Dam: Mendelian Taurie (Blue Lynx Point Mitted)

Test Results for both HCM DNA Mutations (RD & MC) & PKD: Negative

Now introducing, Geneva! We are so excited to be adding her to our cattery! Known as "Genevie" around the house, she is the sweetest kitty and so spunky. She loves to play and cuddle. She loves chasing all of the younger kittens the house, and loves to wrestle with all of the other cats. Her face is so precious, when you look at her your heart just melts! She has beautiful intense dark blue eye color, and wonderful dark point color. She is a very large girl already, and has wonderful type, body length, and tail length. She has very tall legs, which makes her look even more elegant. She has a wonderful pedigree and a very traditional look So far Geneva has had some truly outstanding kittens with Hans! Some of her offspring being shown or placed with breeders are: TICA SGC/CFA CH. WillowTreeRags' Genevieve Hansdatter (Out of Hans), TICA CH. WillowTreeRags Emily Hansdatter of RhetoricalRags (Out of Hans), TICA CH. WillowTreeRags' Amelia (Out of Hans), and WillowTreeRags' Sonya of Medieval (Out of Tao), and will carry on her, Hans and Tao's outstanding lines. We retired Geneva at a little over 2 years from our breeding program because she was putting out some mismarkings that we would rather work away from. She also was unhappy being a whole cat, she had frequent heats that were stressful on her.

Geneva now enjoys retired life as a spayed kitty and lives with one of Ruby & Tao's kittens Freddy, in Massachusetts! : )

RidgeRags' Ruby of WillowTreeRags

Flame Lynx Point Mitted

Dam: RidgeRags Sienna (Flame Lynx Point Bicolor)

Sire: WhiteRockRags Huckster (Flame Point Mitted)

Test Results for both HCM DNA Mutations (RD & MC) & PKD: Negative

This is Ruby, we added her to our cattery in order to achieve those lovely Flame, Cream and Tortie babies everybody loves! Ruby has a great pedigree for a red, and is a nice weighty girl with good boning, great type, beautiful big blue eyes, a lovely coat, perfect markings (complete with a beautiful white blaze on her nose), and has a lovely Ragdoll temperment to boot! Since Ruby is a Flame, she will have only Flame and Cream male kittens, and most likely only tortie females. She is a lynx, and does have the gene able to produce lynx striping in her kittens. Ruby hails from all the way over in White Rock, Vancouver, Canada! My thanks goes out to Beverly Welsh of WhiteRockRags & Lee Pusch of RidgeRags for breeding lovely Ruby. We look forward to breeding her to Tao for some lovely Flame/Cream and Tortie babies that we can use with WillowTreeRags' Heart Charm Locket, our Blue Torbie Point Bicolor from DGC. TheDollHouse' Silver and Gold & TGC. WillowTreeRags Hans Donsen. We believe this will be a great morphing of two unique, healthy pedigrees especially to guarantee future healthy generations in red breeding programs. Ruby now lives with Ida, retired.

Her lines live on in WillowTreeRags Priscilla Hansdatter, a gorgeous Seal Tortie Point Bicolor, WillowTreeRags His Angel of GloryBe a stunning Blue Tortie Point Mitted, and WillowTreeRags' Clarence, a super handsome Cream Point Bicolor- watch for them in the show halls!

 TICA CH. Ragbenchers Lucy In The Sky

*TICA CHAMPION*

Blue Point Mitted

Dam: Ragbencher Blue Sky (Blue Point Mitted)

Sire: DGC. Echoglen Skipper of RegencyRags (Blue Point Bicolor)

Test Results for both HCM DNA Mutations (RD & MC) & PKD: Negative

Introducing now, one of our Blue Point Mitted Queens, Lucy! Lucy is quiet and loving. She is a mother to all of the kitties here, and gives more than she herself asks for. She is such a sweetheart, and we really love her! Her lines are clean, traditional, and very healthy. They contain lines of large Ragdoll cats. Her mother's side of the pedigree is outstanding, with Ragmar lines (my favorite), among other lines that breeders have worked very hard in perfecting. Most of Lucy's lines hail from the West/Canada, which I believe adds good type, correct coat, and big size! I must thank Cheryl (& Tracie) for allowing me to have such a lovely girl. I had been talking to Cheryl for years waiting for another perfect kitty from her robust Ragbencher lines to add to our cattery. It is one of the few lines in the Ragdoll world I trust for health, personality, and confirmation. We first had experience with Ragbencher lines with "BlessedRagdolls' Charlotte" (who belongs to RhetoricalRags). Charlotte is very big, with a great personality, correct coat, and perfect markings. She has always made big, beautiful kittens, one of which resides here with us (out of BlessedRagdolls' Charlotte & TGC. WillowTreeRags's Hans Donsen), RhetoricalRags' Honeybun Hansdatter, a Blue Point Mitted that can be seen on "Our Future" page. We are looking forward to kitties from Lucy in 2010. This will not only help us maintain the good health in our cats, but also allow us to have an unrelated line to work into our cattery. Thank you so much to Cheryl for breeding such a lovely cat, you really take the time and effort in making some of the best Ragdolls and I am honored to have them in my cats! Lucy's lines live on in... WillowTreeRags Kingston of Luvleedolls, WillowTreeRags Sapphire of Rahabacat and WillowTreeRags' Regency Jamboree of RegencyRags.

Lucy's last litter will be with TICA RW SGC/CFA GC. WillowTreeRags' Apollo Amadeo. In the Spring she will be retired/spayed and then leave to her new home with her new mother, Susan!

The above 3 photos of Lucy were taken late December 2010, by myself.

 TICA & CFA CH. WillowTreeRags' Heart Charm Locket