The Briard yakatanga kurondedzerwa mumabhuku muna 1809. Nokudaro, imbwa yekare kwazvo, iyo inobva kuFrench lowlands. Zvinofungidzirwa kuti akavandudza kubva kumapurazi akasiyana-siyana uye imbwa dzepurazi. Iyo Briard inonzi muchinjiko pakati peBarbet nePicard. Zvisinei, ingori fungidziro.
Mhiripiri yakaberekerwa kuFrance kufudza, kudzivirira nekuchengetedza makwai nemombe. Muna 1897 chiyero chakagadzirwa cherudzi urwu rwembwa uye muna 1907 kirabhu inonzi "Club des Amis du Briard" yakavambwa kekutanga.