Barynya went into labor Tuesday night and the first puppy was born at 9:15 PM. The next did not make an appearance for more than 4 hours, and was a very big puppy. Enzo stood guard at the glass sliding doors and looked on. By 5 am she had 5 beautiful puppies . He followed her around the yard when she went out for a potty break and then ate half a chicken before getting back to the business of whelping.  Sadly puppy #6 was stillborn. Despite efforts to resuscitate her, she never took a breath. I put her back in the whelping box with her brothers and sisters and let Barynya clean her a few more minutes, then quietly covered her with a washcloth while mother was busy cleaning her other puppies. Barynya did not notice when I took her away. We slept on the couch near her box then, as her contractions had stopped. At 10 in the morning Phillip counted 5 comfortable nursing puppies. I went to see them and counted 6! She always manages to have one when nobody is looking :-)  Then as Phillip was petting her at just past noon, she stood up and produced a 7th puppy. We held our breath as she tore the sac and severed the umbilical cord and then the puppy gasped and squirmed. Three minutes later he was nursing strongly. Mom and puppies are all healthy and happy.