I think some people's beef with TOTW is that it's made by Diamond, who've had some quality control issues in the past. BTW, I know some people on the board order their dog food online...most of the companies I've seen will do free shipping with a $50 or so order. My two are little, so $50 worth of food would last an obnoxiously long time!
We've never brought the pups down there - the last few summers we've either gone with a group of friends (that Pirate would have been scared of - he has stranger issues, LOL) or BF's parents. BF's mom is a big dog lover, but his dad claims he isn't...I don't know about that, I've busted Pirate in his lap on the Lazy Boy a few times! If we rent the same house this summer, we'll probably bring them down.
Weird that you know my town so well! It's pretty much the same, except they aren't using the old high school anymore. They built a new one over by the NSB/Edgewater line, on 10th St. There's another person who posts here who's grandma lives/lived (I forget?) here and used to spend summers here. We had ONE poster, once, who lived in town but she hasn't posted in forever.