New Residents

we woke up on Wednesday morning to find a Momma Duck & 10 babies in our Pool! we thought it was cool, but then again this isnt a good home for them, they need to be in a pond with other ducks and proper food for them. So i called animal control so they can move the ducks. Come to find out the duck comes back every year to nest in the yard behind us, and the owner seems to really like it, because she wouldnt let animal control in her back yard to get the ducks (they were in her yard at the time of day) Well, sad to say- 9 of the babies DIDNT make it because of her arrogance. 3 were killed by the doberman next door (cant blame the dog, its their instinct) 3 drown in our pool (not sure how that happened, we turned the pump off and everything) and we think another 3 were stuck on the other side of the fence without their mom and that's bad news for the babies. So now there's only 1 left with the momma in our yard. Shelby has learned to not chase them and just let them be. (it took the dumb dog 10 minutes to even notice them in the pool the other morning- she didnt notice them until I was out there taking pictures of them! LOL) she wouldnt be a good hunting dog for sure!
the poor momma duck lost so many of her babies, 9 out of 10 of them! :( makes me sad- if the lady behind us likes to see them hatch each year, that great, but they dont seem to survive, so whats the POINT??? Everyone keeps telling us that we should have thrown the dead baby ducks from our pool into her yard. (maybe we did, maybe we didnt!) ;-P