The puppies have arrived

Today at noon, Clara's water broke and the first puppy, a black boy came squealing into the world. He was followed by 9 more babies. By 7:30 PM, we had four little black girls and six black boys. There was an eleventh puppy that we were unable to resusitate. All ten of the babies are doing well. Clara is being a great mom and I'm going to get some much needed rest.