About Me

Post Published on January 9, 2010 | Last Updated on July 8, 2021 by Jenny

Hello. I’m Jenny Dean, the creator of Floppycats.com.

I get many requests wondering about me, what it is I do and why I have this website about Ragdoll cats.

So in an attempt to do a better job in answering those questions (and saving me time), I made this about me page.

I was born and raised in Kansas City, MO, but now I live on the KS side of KCMO.

I have two MAs – one in Spanish and one in Liberal Studies – both of them required a lot of research and a lot of writing.

I met my first Ragdoll cat in 1982 when I was 3 years old.

But it wasn’t until I met Halston (my Aunt’s Ragdoll) when I was 6 years old that I became a Ragdoll cat fanatic.  I adored him and begged my mom to go to Aunt Nicky’s house just to see Halston.

After years of begging my mom for a Ragdoll, I got my first Ragdoll cat, Skittles (age appropriately named), when I was 8 years old.

He was gift from my maternal grandparents. He died at 2 years old of FIP.

Christmas 1989, my parents gifted my brothers and me, two Ragdoll kittens – Rags and Cosby.  Cosby died at 10 months old of FIP.

But Rags, Rags lived to be 19 years old and was the reason I started this website in 2008.

After completing both of my Masters degrees in August of 2004, I returned to Kansas City because I was totally crazy about Rags, and had missed him dearly when I was away.  I started the job hunting process while substitute teaching. I finally found a job the following February and began to work as a Customer Service Representative for a local roofing manufacturing company.

I left that company 2 and a half years later as the Inside Sales and Customer Service Manager. I started a blog writing business from home and continued working on Floppycats.com.

Rags died in March 2009 when I was 29.5 years old and he was 19.5 years old.  It was a huge loss for me at the time, but he will always be my inspiration to keep going with Floppycats – it has morphed over the years into what I am proud it is today – a place where cat owners communicate and help to make their lives more joyous and harmonious with their feline counterparts.

In August of 2009, I found Charlie’s photo on Soulmate Ragdolls’ website and adopted Charlie and Trigg in October and November of 2009, respectively.  They are my current Ragdoll cats.

We do have a lot of Ragdoll cats in our family:

• My mom has 1 Ragdoll cat – Murphy (his brother, another Ragdoll, Caymus died in Dec 2020)
• My sister has 2 Ragdoll cats – Ash and Addie
• My cousin Jill has 2 Ragdoll cats – Huck and Harlow
• My mom’s identical twin, my Aunt Jean has 2 Ragdoll cats – Maddie and Hobbs
• My Aunt Nicky, my mom’s other sister, has 1 Ragdoll cat – William

So you will see all of them featured on our Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube.

Over the last decade of work on Floppycats, I have interviewed many veterinarians, reviewed hundreds of products, written a few books, and met some pretty awesome cat owners.

Welcome to Floppycats.com – I am excited you’re here and hope you’ll share your (Ragdoll) cat love on the site!  All are welcome here – whether you have a Ragdoll or not, you are welcome to be here and hang out with us =).