Tarihin bayyanar wannan kare yana ɓoye a cikin asiri kuma yana da tushe mai zurfi a cikin tarihi. Akwai nau'i daban-daban na asalin waɗannan karnuka.
A tsakiyar zamanai, an ambaci irin waɗannan karnuka a cikin tsoffin rubuce-rubucen.
Wasu takardu daga wancan lokacin suna magana akan kare na Saint Louis, kama da Weimaraner na zamani.
#1 Shahararriyar aikin tsakiyar zamanai shine "Littafin Farauta" na Count Gaston de Foix (1331-1391). Ya ba da cikakken bayani game da karnuka masu launin toka na Saint Louis.
#2 Akwai faifan kaset da ke nuna fage na farauta na manyan mutanen wancan lokacin tare da waɗannan karnuka.
#3 Nasarar da waɗannan karnuka suka samu ya kasance cewa a ƙarshen karni na sha huɗu, mutane da yawa masu daraja a Faransa sun ajiye karnuka masu launin toka, waɗanda aka yi amfani da su don farautar manyan dabbobi: barewa, boar daji, bear.
Bayan haka, lokacin da dabbar ta yi ƙarami, an koya wa karnukan farautar tsuntsaye.