Pamene nyama zambiri zakutchire monga zimbalangondo ndi mimbulu zinkakhalabe ku Pyrenees m’zaka za m’ma Middle Ages, agalu akuluakulu oyera a m’mapiri a ku Pyrenean ankawagwiritsa ntchito ngati zoteteza ng’ombe zazikulu. Chifukwa cha ubweya wawo wautali, wandiweyani, womwe umalimbana kwambiri ndi nyengo, ndi abwino kwambiri pantchito yoteteza ziweto m'nyengo yoyipa yamapiri a Pyrenees. Kuti apulumuke mu nthawi zina zodabwitsa duels ndi mimbulu kapena zimbalangondo. abusawo anaika makolala angaanga.
Nthaŵi zambiri ankasiya ziŵiri mwa ziŵetozo zokha ndi ng’ombe, podziŵa kuti mmodzi wa agalu amene amagwira ntchito paokha, olimba mtima, ndi ochita khama nthaŵi zonse anali kuyang’anira pamene winayo akupuma. Kumayambiriro kwa zaka za m'ma 15, agalu ankagwiritsidwanso ntchito ndikuwetedwa ngati alonda pa nyumba zachifumu za Pyrenees, mwachitsanzo ku Château de Lordes. Khoti la Louis XIV linadzikongoletsanso ndi kukhalapo kwa galu wa kumapiri wa Pyrenean.