with vixie me female chi, her first litter, she had absolutly no problem with me or my mother around her babies, BUT with others, for the first week she was very warey, and the other dogs couclnt go neer for 2 weeks without getting an ear full.
once the pups eyes started opening though she was happy for anyone to be neer them and play with them and look after them...she enjoyed the break.
she had to be emergency c-sectioned though because one pup didnt decsend and held the whole ordeal up, because chis are prone to issues during birth already (and id take every possible precaution to avoid it in the first place yet it still happens) i had her spayed at the same time which may or may not have effected her in terms of defensivness with the newborns.
theres nothing more terrifying than an emergency c-section to me...