Our name, Rustic Acres, was chosen because of the beautiful country acreage that our cattery is located on. Rustic means “made of the rough limbs of trees, or relating to, or suitable for the country” and the name seems fitting that our cattery started in our log cabin home where we reside in Dubuque County.

I have worn many different hats in the last 50 years as a radiology technologist/mammographer, a massage therapist, a wife, and a mom to three grown daughters. With my last daughter moving out, I experienced the “empty nest syndrome” and realized that it was time that I find a new passion and find something that brings me the same joy as raising my girls.

I am an animal lover and have a German Shepherd whose name is Vinnie and a Yellow Lab whose name is Bailee. I enjoy watching my beautiful cats play, learn and grow together and love seeing all their stages of development. I am passionate about raising happy and healthy cats and spend a lot of time with them to make sure they are socialized.

I take precautions and hold us to the highest standards of cleanliness, making sure to disinfect and care for our cats and their areas to keep a 100% disease-free cattery. Home visits are always welcome once a kitten is reserved and is 8 weeks of age and vaccinated.