ʻOiai ua kapa ʻia ka bulldog Farani ma kēia inoa, ʻo kēia ʻano ʻīlio i hele mua mai Great Britain. Ua ulu mai ia mai ka "old-type English bulldog", i hoʻohana mua ʻia no ka hakakā ʻīlio. ʻO ka mea pōʻino, ma hope o ka pāpā ʻia ʻana o ka hakakā ʻīlio e ke kānāwai i ka makahiki 1835, ua hoʻololi ʻia ka pahuhopu hoʻohua no nā ʻīlio hakakā ʻole i kēia manawa. Ma kahi o ka poʻe hakakā, ua makemake ʻia nā ʻīlio puʻupuʻu liʻiliʻi. ʻO kēia ke ʻano o ka mea i kapa ʻia he bulldog pāʻani i hele mai i loko o ka ʻano i hoʻoponopono hou ʻia, i loaʻa koke i nā mea pā ma waho - ʻoi aku hoʻi ma Belgium a me Farani. Ma laila, ua hoʻohana ka poʻe hahai holoholona i kēia ʻano hou ma ke ʻano he ʻīlio hahai holoholona me ka hoʻohui pū ʻana me nā terriers. Ma Lādana Hikina a me Nottingham, ua lawe ka ʻoihana o ka poʻe ulana a me nā mea hana lace i ka hoʻohua ʻana i nā ʻīlio liʻiliʻi, i hōʻike mua ʻia ma kahi hōʻike ʻīlio i ka makahiki 1836.
I ka wā ma mua o ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ke kenekulia, ua kū mai nā hale hana lace nui ma Normandy, Farani, ua neʻe aku nā mea hana lace mai Ladana i Farani a noho ma ka ʻāina ʻo Calais. Lawe lākou i nā ʻīlio liʻiliʻi me lākou a hoʻomau i kā lākou hānai ʻole ʻia i ko lākou home hou - ʻo kahi hapa ma ke ʻano he leʻaleʻa a ʻo kekahi hapa e hoʻonui i kā lākou kālā liʻiliʻi. ʻO ka hui mua no ka hānau ʻana o kēia ʻīlio, a laila kapa ʻia ʻo "Terrier Boules", i hoʻokumu ʻia i ka makahiki 1880, ua wehe ʻia ka puke stud mua i ka makahiki 1885 a ua hoʻokumu ʻia ka maʻamau mua ma 1888. Akā naʻe, ʻaʻole like ke ʻano o nā pepeiao. . Ua manaʻo ʻia ʻo Loupi kāne ʻo ia ka progenitor o kēia ʻano o kēia lā. Ua ola ʻo ia ma kahi o 15 mau makahiki a ʻike ʻia ma kahi kokoke i nā moʻopuna a pau.
ʻAʻole hiki ke hele hou aku i nā terriers a me nā pugs. Eia naʻe, ʻo ka mea maopopo, ʻo nā pepeiao prick i maʻamau i kēia lā i hānai mua ʻia ma Farani ma ke ʻano he ʻano ʻano. Ua hoʻi ka ʻīlio ʻīlio i ʻEnelani ma kahi o 1900 akā ua hoʻomāʻewaʻewa mua ʻia e ka lehulehu ma muli o kona mau pepeiao ʻoi.