Imbwa yeFrench Bulldog yembwa, zvisinei nezita rayo, yakatanga muEngland muzana remakore rechi17. Idzi imbwa dzainyanya kufarirwa muguta reNottingham uye, zvakakosha, maive nevazhinji vakaruka machira muguta iri. Pakange paine kudiwa kukuru kwetambo muFrance, pakanga paine huwandu hwekufamba, uye, nekudaro, mhizha kubva kuNottingham vaive pakati pevaya vakaenda kuFrance kunotsvaga hupenyu huri nani nemikana mitsva.
Ehe, vakatora imbwa dzavo dzavanoda, uye mushure mechinguva, mabulldogs avo ekushongedza akawana mukurumbira uye mukurumbira muFrance. Vaida kuziva, vaidhura, kusanganisira nekuda kwehuwandu hushoma hwevanhu vari mumatanho ekutanga. Kwemazana emakore anoverengeka, imbwa idzi dzakapararira muEurope yose, dzichizivikanwa kwete chete pakati pevanhu vanokudzwa (uye tinoziva kuti vatongi vaida imbwa duku sei muMiddle Ages) asiwo pakati pevatengesi nemhizha. Vakatanga kunyoreswa muFrance pasi pezita rekuti "French Bulldog".