Brian Hartzell Remembered

It is sad and shocking to have received the news that judge Brian Hartzell of Ohio had passed away at 8:30 am on Monday, June 8, 2009. Unconfirmed report said that Brian suffered an aneurysm on his way to work, he was 31 years old.

Brian was featured on our blog many times since our blog started in 2005. We are sharing some of the memorable photos to remember Brian.

Brian was waiting for the Best In Show judging in the ARBA convention in Louisville on October 28, 2008. His American Fuzzy Lop and Jersey Wooly both won Best of Breed in the convention.

This picture was taken on October 16, 2007 when waiting for Best In Show judging. Brian's American Fuzzy Lop won Best of Breed at the ARBA convention in Grand Rapids.

Brian showed off his gorgeous Fuzzy broken junior doe that just won the Best of Breed at the 2006 convention. The picture was taken on November 3, 2006 in Forth Worth Texas.

On April 29, 2007 Brian judged English Angora in Monterey. He won the Best of Breed American Fuzzy Lop in the breed National on the same day.

Brian was the catalyst that started this blog. On July 16, 2005, he judged the Fuzzy and Angora specialty shows at Carol's backyard shows. Betty says, "I took a picture of him judging in his swim wear and an apron. The picture became so popular that everyone wanted to see it. So I opened an account with blogspot.com and put on the very first post on August 7, 2005. That's the start of our blog."