"Such people as these are the backbone of the breed" 

( A portrait of Gerald Warren. American Bullmastiff Magazine 1971).

Gerald Warren was brought up in a doggy household where his family had as many as fifty Wire Fox Terriers, a couple of Greyhounds and the odd Cocker Spaniel.

In 1947 Gerald swapped a Cocker for his first Bullmastiff brindle bitch and joined the Southern Bullmastiff Society in 1948.

Before he was married, Gerald owned about 28 Bullmastiffs and on meeting Doris said he had finally  found a big woman who would be able to handle his dogs!  They were married in 1966 having found a mutually free Saturday between dog shows. The  birth of their son Bill followed in 1967.

In 1970 Doris and Gerald bred their most successful bullmastiff for the show ring. Ch Copperfield Sarah Pocket was awarded 16 CC's in total and 11 of them were gained in one year.  Sarah was classed by the many who judged her as one of the "truly great bitches in the breed".

Copperfield has continued to run successfully for the past fifty five years.  We have produced over fifty champions world-wide and our dogs have formed the basis for many of today's most successful kennels.