Twelve years is a long time for a dog to suffer such hardship and exposure.

Night after night he plunged out alone into the deep snow and the darkness, barking at the top of his voice to attract the attention of lost travellers.

Many a time he dropped into the drifts exhausted, with scarcely enough strength left to drag himself back to the hospice.
"Forty lives saved is a good record.

You may be sure that in his old age Barry was tenderly cared for.

The monks gave him a pension and sent him to Berne, where the climate is much warmer.