Mukutanga kwema1800, vashandi vaNorman lace kubva kuEngland vakaenda kunotsvaga basa muFrance. Vakaenda netumbwa twemabhuru kuti vadzichengete mumapurazi seshamwaridzani uye kuti makonzo asaende. Kukurumbira kweiyi imbwa yakasimba kwakakura nokukurumidza munharaunda dzokurima dzokuFrance. Kutaura idi, vapfuri veBulldog muEngland vakafara kupfuudzira rudzi urwu “rutsva” nokutengesa imbwa dzavo pfupi kuvaFrench.
Imbwa inozivikanwa zvakanyanya semufambidzani wemufashoni wepamba, inochengetwa sechipfuyo nevepamusoro uye mhuri yehumambo. Imwe bulldog yechiFrench, yakavharirwa mari inoshamisa (panguva iyoyo) yemadhora mazana manomwe nemakumi mashanu, yaive paTitanic. Mukupera kwema750 uye kutanga kwema1800, Bulldog yechiFrench yainzi imbwa yevanhu vepamusoro; rudzi urwu ruchiri kukwezva vanhu vanokoshesa zvinhu zvakanakisa muhupenyu.