2009 AKC Companion Animal Recovery Award for “Let's See Some ID”

            2008 AKC Companion Animal Recovery Award for “Ask Einstein”

2008 Dr. Jim Richards Cornell Feline Health Center Veterinary Issues Award for “Ask Einstein”

2008 Hartz Glamour-Puss Award for Cat Wrangling Made Easy: Maintaining Peace and Sanity in Your Multicat Home

2008 Hartz Milk Replacement for Kittens Award "7 Products to the Rescue" in Catnip

2008 Iams Responsible Cat Ownership Award for "Focus on Fostering/Spotlight on Fostering" in Catnip

Judge's comments: "Excellent. Complete yet short enough to be read and hopefully followed by many. Whether fostering or adopting, these guidelines are vital to responsible cat care."

2008 Purina One Health Award for “Ask Einstein”

Judge's comments: "This column provided the reader with vital, thorough and accurate information about heartworms and panleukopenia in an enjoyable format. Despite the fact that it was written from the point of view of a cat, it didn't talk down to the reader. It made you want to keep reading."

2008 Tidy Cats Feline Behavior Award Cat Wrangling Made Easy
Judge's comments: "This writer's material consistently checked out for
accuracy and is presented in a well-organized format, with lots of useful information extracted into easy to access lists and boxes. The writing is cogent, informative and very entertaining. I also appreciate that the author makes the source of her expertise clear."

2008 Muse Medallion for Best Online Column, “Ask Einstein,” www.stickypaws.com

Judge's comment: "This was an agonizing assignment. How does one pick the
best out of so much excellence? The winner breathes new life into common
subjects."

2007 Muse Medallion for Best Book covering Other Topics, Ghost Cats: Human Encounters with Feline Spirits (The Lyons Press)

2007 Iams Responsible Cat Ownership Award for “College Kids”, www.stickypaws.com

2007 Petmate Safe Cat Award for "HoHoHolly" www.stickypaws.com

2007 Purina® Kitten Chow® Kitten Award “Orphan Basics” Cat Fancy

2006 Hartz Milk Replacement for Kittens Award “Gigi’s New Life” Cat Fancy

2006 Purina® Kitten Chow® Kitten Award “Gigi’s New Life” Cat Fancy

2006 Sticky Paws® Training Award “Feline Eye for the Single Guy” Dear Hobbes City + Country Pets

2006 Purina® Cat Chow® Nutrition Award “If You Eat that, You’ll Go Blind” City + Country Pets

2006 Cat Writers’ Association Muse Medallion for Best Opinion Piece “Disaster Preparedness” Ask Einstein, www.stickypaws.com

2005 Cat Writers’ Association Muse Medallion for Best Magazine Column, "Dear Hobbes" City & Country Pets

2005 Muse Medallion Award for Photography Series, black & white for "Shoppin', Showin' and Staking Out the Litter Box" Catnip 

2005 HSUS Pets For Life Award "Hammer Heads Home" Cat Fancy

2005 Petmate Safe Cat Award for "Feline First Aid Products" Catnip

2005 Purina Kitten Chow Kitten Award for “Dear Hobbes”

2004 Iams Responsible Cat Ownership Award for “Kittens For Dummies”

2004, 1999 CWA Muse Medallions for Best Humor for “Dear Hobbes”

2003 ASPCA Special Humane Award and the Sticky Paws Training Award for “Dear Hobbes”

2002, 2001 and 1999, 1998 Cat Writers’ Association Muse Medallions for Best Column in a Regional Publication for “Dear Hobbes”

2000 Purina Cat Chow Nutrition Award for “Dear Hobbes”

1999 Tidy Cat Feline Behavior Award for “Dear Hobbes”

1996 Cat Writers' Association/American Cat Fanciers Association Cat Safety Award for, "Hazards Around the House" PetLife, March, 1996

1998  Recognized by Open Government Coppell for Excellence in Reporting

2008 Certificate of Excellence Newsletter Article – Health or General Care, “The Skinny on Fat Cats,” Catnip

2008 Certificate of Excellence for Newsletter Article – Other Topics, “Great Grooming Tools,” Catnip

2008 Certificate of Excellence for Newsletter Article – Other Topics, “Focus on Fostering,” Catnip

2008 Certificate of Excellence for Books -  Healthy & General Care, Cat Wrangling Made Easy

Nominated for 2007 CWA Muse Medallion Award for  Best Magazine Column

Nominated for 2007 CWA Muse Medallion Award for Best Newsletter Article - Other Topics

Nominated for 2007 CWA Muse Medallion Award for Best Newsletter Article - Other Topics

Nominated for 2005 Muse Medallion Award for Best Magazine Article-Other Topic "Hammer Heads Home" Cat Fancy

Nominated for 2005 Muse Medallion Award for Best Single Photograph, black & white for "Santa Claws Is Coming to Town" Catnip (Pending)

Nominated for 2004 CWA Muse Medallion Award for Best Health and General Care Book

Nominated for 2004 CWA Muse Medallion Award for Best Newsletter Article-Other Topics

Nominated for 2003 CWA Muse Medallion for Best Newsletter Article (misc.)

Nominated for 2000 CWA Muse Award for Best Humor

            Nominated for 1998 CWA Muse Award for Best B&W photo series and Best Brochure  

Nominated for 1997 CWA Muse Award for Best Newspaper Article

            Nominated for 1996 CWA Muse Award for Best Short Story

            President of Vantastix Turkish Van Breed Club (1998-2002)

            Vice-President of Vantastix Turkish Van Breed Club (2002-2004)

            Board of Directors of Cat Writers’ Association (present)Dusty Rainbolt
Member of Cat Writers Association & International Association of Animal Behavior Consultants
Author of Cat Wrangling Made Easy, Kittens For Dummies, Ghost Cats: Human Encounters with Feline Spirits, All The Marbles
www.dustyrainbolt.com