I reside in sunny Clearwater, Florida with my Ragdoll family, where I am a small, hobby breeder/exhibitor. Unlike some other Ragdoll breeders, I provide a five-year genetic written contract and a lifetime HCM guarantee. I do this because I have every confidence in the soundness of my Ragdolls and the bloodlines with which I work. My Ragdolls, who are raised in my home underfoot, have become my extended family and an integral part of my life. After much research, I decided that the Ragdoll was the cat for me, with their loving, docile and placid temperaments and dog-like qualities. I would like to thank the families who have adopted my babies over the years, and provided them with such loving homes. Their respective moms and dads and I thank each and every one of you for your pictures, cards and friendship, and most importantly for loving my babies and taking such wonderful care of them! Thank you!
I decided to breed
and show Ragdolls because they are the most dog-like of all the cat
breeds. When I was married, I bred and exhibited German Shepherd dogs, so
taking care of animals and exhibiting has been an integral part of my life.
With my caregiver personality (having taken care of my father for 18 months before he passed away in my home), I have found my niche in life, and am proud to say that my mommies/daddies and I have now bred THIRTY-FIVE (35) CFA Grand Champions. Congratulations to Champion Raggledazzle's Olivia for producing her first Grand Premier, Grand Premier Bordeaux LTD's Eazy Bizness, a Grand Champion Risky son, and Risky's 14th CFA Grand Champion. Watch for the repeat of Eazy Bizness, the beautiful blue bicolor babies, in the kitten class: Bordeaux LTD's Big Sexy of Blue-Gem Ragdolls, owned by Mary Alexander in Massachusetts, and the babies I've kept: The Girls: Summertime Blues and Autumntime Blues and The Boys: Wyntertime Blues and Falltime Blues!
I am proud to announce that my Grand Champion, Regional Winner Bordeaux LTD's Just A Suzie Q attained the coveted title of Distinguished Merit ("DM") in CFA, meaning she's produced five CFA Grand Champions Bordeaux LTD Bailey of GrandeEstate, Bordeaux LTD's Just A Bar-B Doll, Bordeaux LTD's Just A QP Doll, Bordeaux LTD's Just A Chyna Doll and Bordeaux LTD's Just A Dash 'O Magic. As of November 2008, Suzie Q produced Seven (7) CFA Grand Champions, with her two altered sons, Grand Premiers Just A Dusty Dan and Just A Dallas Forty, ataining their Grand Premier titles! Like her mom, GC Solemate Silhouette on the Shade, DM, Suzie Q makes the second generation of a DM mom!
For the show season ending April 30, 2009, we are proud to announce that GC, RW Bordeaux LTD Bailey of GrandeEstate, bred by Bordeaux Ragdolls and lovingly owned by Susan Torney of Randolph, NJ, was 2nd Best of Breed Ragdoll in CFA in the World with 5,407.15 regional points, loosing the Best of Breed Ragdoll award by only 232.50 regional points. Thank you Susan for helping me campaign Bailey who was an absolute delight to show, loving every minute of his show career! Bailey has now gone home to live with Susan and her family, and we miss him dearly! What a wonderful example of the Ragdoll breed, with impecable temperament throughout his entire show career. During this past show season, Bailey also won the following: Regional Winner (RW) title by placing 9th Best Cat in the North Atlantic Region and 40th Best Cat Nationally in the World. Additionally, GC Bordeaux LTD's Gingerbread Cookie ("Cookie") was 8th Best Ragdoll in CFA in the World, with very limited showing by Susan! Thank you Susan! To top it off, we had FIVE Grand Champions during this one-year period, and Sandollrags Walker of Bordeaux LTD. was 6th Best Ragdoll Kitten, GP Bordeaux LTD's Dusty Dan was 7th Best Ragdoll Kitten (and 12th Best Grand Premier Ragdoll) and his brother, GP Bordeaux LTD's Dallas Forty, was 12th Best Ragdoll Kitten and 14th Best Grand Premier Ragdoll, both with very limited showing!
For the show season ending April 30, 2008, my Grand Champion Bar-B Doll attained the title in CFA of 3rd Best of Breed Ragdoll in the World and my Ragdoll kitten, Bordeaux LTD's Gingerbread Cookie ("Cookie"), who is now a CFA Grand Champion, was CFA's Best of Breed Ragdoll Kitten in the World. Cookie is now my 32nd CFA Grand Champion! Also, Grand Champion Bordeaux LTD's Just A Dash 'O Magic ("Magic" now lives with Lise Cardinal in Canada) was CFA's 5th Best of Breed Ragdoll in the World! For the show season ending April 30, 2007 in CFA, our Grand Champion Bordeaux LTD's Buttons 'N Bows was CFA's 25th Best Cat in the Southern Region and 2nd Best Ragdoll in the World (and Best Ragdoll in the Southern Region), and Grand Champion Bordeaux LTD's Just A Karbon Kopy was CFA's 3rd Best Ragdoll in the World (and 2nd Best Ragdoll in the Southern Region). Grand Premier Bordeaux LTD's R-U-Macon Biscuits was CFA's 4th Best Ragdoll Alter in the World and Best Ragdoll Alter in the Southern Region. What a great show season! I have had three separate litters of babies; of which, three kittens/cats in each of these three litters have become CFA Grand Champions; attesting to the quality of both my moms and their respective husbands!
For the CFA show season ending April 30, 2006, my 14th Grand Champion Bordeaux LTD's Just a Katy Did was CFA's Best of Breed Ragdoll in the World, 15th Best Cat in the Southern Region of CFA and Best Ragdoll in the Southern Region. Katy is the repeat of my Grand Champion and Regional Winner Bordeaux LTD's Just a Suzie Q. During that same show season in CFA, my Grand Champion Rowdy was 3rd Best of Breed Ragdoll Internationally and 2nd Best of Breed Ragdoll in the Southern Region of CFA. My Grand Premier Kitt 'N Boots was CFA's 2nd Best Ragdoll Alter in the World (and Best Ragdoll Alter in the Southern Region) and Grand Premier Macon Biscuits was 3rd Best Ragdoll Alter in the World (and 2nd Best Ragdoll Alter in the Southern Region). Many of the Ragdoll babies that I have available for loving pet homes are show quality, because I just can't keep them all to show. I take enormous pride in each and every one of my babies, and am so delighted with the wonerful homes that their loving owners have provided for my babies since I began breeding/showing in 1999. Many of these new parents have come back again (and in some cases again) for their second and third Bordeaux baby! Thank you for your confidence in me and my precious babies and providing them with such wonderful homes. From day one, my Ragdolls are cuddled, kissed and loved. We (my Ragdolls and I) exhibit exclusively in the Cat Fanciers Association (CFA), the world's oldest and most prestigous cat association. To attain a Grand Champion in CFA is difficult and a most coveted title. I am a CFA Cattery of Excellence (though I hate the word cattery because my babies are raised in my home underfoot, in my bed and are my extended family), and am licensed by Pinellas County, Florida. I am also registered with TICA, and am a member of Ragdoll Fanciers Club International (RFCI), Ragdoll International (RI), Ragdoll Fanciers Worldwide (RFW) and Ragdolls of America Group (RAG; of which I am the Secretary/Membership Officer) and a member of the CFA Ragdoll Breed Council. I am dedicated to producing top quality Ragdolls with wonderful laid-back temperament!
I would like to thank my mentors: JaNeil Cillessen and Lora Tesh; both of which have been instrumental in guiding me (hand and paw), and have trusted me with their best babies that have become my foundation! Not to be forgotten is Michelle Clarke (my babysitter when I am traveling to cat shows; I couldn't do this without her loving care of my babies and Brittany, her daughter too)!
WE ARE PROUD TO SAY WE ARE THE HOME OF:
 2009: CFA's 9th Best Cat in the North-Atlantic Region (Bailey)
2009: CFA's 40th Best Cat in the World (Bailey)
2009: CFA's 8th Best Ragdoll in the World (Cookie)
2009: CFA's 4th Best Ragdoll in the Southern Region (Cookie)
2009: CFA's 7th Best Ragdoll Kitten in the World (Dusty Dan)
2009: CFA's 12th Best Ragdoll Kitten (Dallas Forty)
2009: CFA's 12th Best Ragdoll Grand Premier (Dusty Dan)
2009: CFA's 14th Best Ragdoll Grand Premier (Dallas Forty)
2008: CFA's 3rd Best Ragdoll in the World and Best Ragdoll in Southern Region (Bar-B Doll)
2008: CFA's 36th Best Cat in the Southern Region (Bar-B Doll; Out of 400 CFA Cats Competing)
2008: CFA's Best Ragdoll Kitten in the World (Gingerbread Cookie)
2008: CFA's 2nd & 3rd Best Ragdolls in the Southern Region (Magic and Johanna)
2008: CFA's Southern Region 39th Best Kitten (Gingerbread Cookie; out of 300 Kittens Competing)
2008: CFA's 5th Best of Breed Ragdoll in the World (Magic)
2007: CFA's 25th Best Cat in Southern Region (Buttons)
2007: CFA's 2nd Best Ragdoll in the World & Best Ragdoll in Southern Region (Buttons)
2007: CFA's 3rd Best Ragdoll in the World (Karbon)
2007: CFA's 2nd Best Ragdoll in the Southern Region (Karbon)
2007: CFA's 4th Best Alter in the World (Biscuit)
2007: CFA's Best Ragdoll Alter in the Southern Region (Biscuit)
2006: CFA's Best Ragdoll in the World (Katy Did)
2006: CFA 15th Best Cat in Southern Region (Katy Did)
Our Record Speaks For Itself; Even my Pet Babies Are Beautiful and We Can't Keep Them All! My babies keep getting better and better! For the show season ending April 2009, we produced FIVE CFA Grand Champions. The 2006-2007 Show Season was dynamite for us, as we produced 10 CFA Grand Champions, a record for any Ragdoll breeder in one show season. The show season ending April 30, 2007 was equally great for us, as Grand Champion Buttons 'N Bows was CFA's 2nd Best of Breed Ragdoll in the World and 25th Best Cat in the Southern Region of CFA. Grand Champion Karbon Kopy was CFA's 3rd Best of Breed Ragdoll in the World. Watch our website as we continue with kittens out of our breeding in the 2009-2010 Show Season! THANK YOU to JaNeil Cillessen and Lora Tesh for entrusting me with your VERY BEST BABIES as my foundation!!!! You have both given me a foundation upon which to build top quality, loving, laidback Ragdolls!
Bordeaux RagdollsLiz Thurman
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THIRTY-FIVE (35) HOME-BRED CFA GRAND CHAMPIONS!!! 
