Groenendael yakabva kuBelgium. Yakawana zita rayo kubva kumusha mudiki weBelgian kwayakatanga kurerwa. Pakutanga yaifungidzirwa kuti imbwa yeBelgian Shepherd, ndeimwe yemhando ina dzinobva kumhuri iyi.
Pamusoro peGroenendael, Laekenois, Malinois, uye Tervueren zvakare vanoverenga. Mhando ina idzi dzakafanana paunhu nemaitiro. Vanonyanya kuparadzaniswa nemvere dzadzo. Chinhu chakakosha cheGroenendael ndechekuti ine jasi gobvu, rinenge rakazara dema.
Pakutanga akarerwa semufudzi uye imbwa inofudza, mumwe purofesa kubva kuBelgium akatanga kupatsanura mhando kuma1900s. Muna 1891 Club yeBelgian Shepherd Dogs (Club du Chien de Berger Belge) yakavambwa uye muna 1901 Groenendael yakazivikanwa zviri pamutemo serudzi rwakasiyana.
Panguva iyoyo, mabasa ake aisanganisira kutyaira mhuka uye dzimwe nguva aishandiswa sedhiza, gadhi, uye imbwa yepurazi.