Kamar yadda sunan ke nunawa, nau'in kare ya fito ne daga tsibirin Canary na Spain. Kakansa - mastiff na Sipaniya - an kiyaye shi a matsayin kare mai tsaro da kariya da kuma kare farauta da shanu a yankin Spain.
Domin ya fi dacewa da farauta saboda kasancewarsa na rashin tsoro, jinsin ya sami farin jini sosai, musamman a tsakanin manyan mutanen Spain. An kuma yi amfani da nau'in don fadan bijimi da yakin kare.
Kafin su ci Kudancin Amirka, Mutanen Espanya sun tsaya a tsibirin Canary tare da karnuka, wanda kuma suke amfani da su don yakar abokan gaba. Ana tsammanin irin wannan nau'in ya haɗu da karnuka na asali a nan.
Tun da ba a yi yaƙi a tsibirin Canary ba, sauran karnukan mazauna yankin sun ajiye su a matsayin karnuka masu gadi ga dabbobin gonakinsu. Halayen farauta da halayen fada don haka suka zama ƙasa da mahimmanci kuma halayen sun koma baya kuma aka haifar da su.
A cikin 2001 an ayyana nau'in a matsayin Dogo Canario kuma FCI ta amince da shi na ɗan lokaci. FCI ta amince da shi a hukumance tun 2011 kuma an sake sake masa suna a cikin 2019 kuma an shigar da shi azaman Presa Canario a cikin sanarwar nau'in FCI.