I-Briard yaqala ukuchazwa kwiincwadi ze-1809. Ngaloo ndlela, inja endala kakhulu inja, evela kwiindawo eziphantsi zaseFransi. Kucingelwa ukuba waphuhla kwiifama ezahlukeneyo kunye nezinja zasefama. Kuthiwa iBriard ngumnqamlezo phakathi kweBarbet kunye nePicard. Nangona kunjalo, oko kukuqikelela nje.
I-Briard yayikhuliselwe ukwalusa, ukukhusela kunye nokugada iigusha kunye nemihlambi yeenkomo. Ngomnyaka we-1897 kwadalwa umgangatho wolu hlobo lwenja kwaye ngo-1907 iklabhu ebizwa ngokuba yi-"Club des Amis du Briard" yasekwa okokuqala.