I ka wā i noho mau ai nā holoholona hihiu e like me ka bea a me nā ʻīlio hae ma nā Pyrenees i ka Middle Ages, ua hoʻohana ʻia nā ʻīlio mauna Pyrenean keʻokeʻo nui i mea pale no nā ʻohana pipi nui. Mahalo i ko lākou hulu lōʻihi, ʻeleʻele, ʻoi loa ka pale ʻana i ka wā, kūpono lākou no ka hana mālama holoholona i ka ʻinoʻino o nā Pyrenees kiʻekiʻe. I mea e ola ai i nā duels i kekahi manawa me nā ʻīlio hae a i ʻole nā bea. ua kau na kahuhipa i na lei wiliwili maluna o lakou.
Ua haʻalele pinepine lākou i ʻelua o kēia mau holoholona me ka ʻohana, me ka ʻike ʻana e kiaʻi mau ana kekahi o nā ʻīlio hana kūʻokoʻa, wiwo ʻole, a me ka hana ʻana i ka wā e hoʻomaha ai kekahi. I ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ke kenekulia 15, ua hoʻohana ʻia nā ʻīlio a hānai ʻia ma ke ʻano he kiaʻi ma nā hale kākela o Pyrenees, no ka laʻana ma Château de Lordes. Ua hoʻonani pū ka pā hale o Louis XIV iā ia iho me ke alo o kahi ʻīlio mauna Pyrenean.