Two recommendations:
1) seed your backyard with Tall Fescue grass seed. It will grow well in Ohio (not a southern seed), but you'll need to get it down soon so it has plenty of spring time to grow before the summer heat. It's what they use on football and baseball fields. You still won't have a perfect lawn but it will stand up to the dogs better than other grasses.
2) While you're at the garden center or Home Depot, get some big planters, potting soil and your sister's favorite kinds of flowers. Pot them up and put them on the deck. Destruction of favorite objects can really turn a person off to dogs...and dogs don't need an enemy in the house. Keep her happy.
1) seed your backyard with Tall Fescue grass seed. It will grow well in Ohio (not a southern seed), but you'll need to get it down soon so it has plenty of spring time to grow before the summer heat. It's what they use on football and baseball fields. You still won't have a perfect lawn but it will stand up to the dogs better than other grasses.
2) While you're at the garden center or Home Depot, get some big planters, potting soil and your sister's favorite kinds of flowers. Pot them up and put them on the deck. Destruction of favorite objects can really turn a person off to dogs...and dogs don't need an enemy in the house. Keep her happy.