Montana Dog Food Co at Sniff and Shift: Trail Snacks and Adventure Fuel explained

Montana Dog Food Co is a Bozeman, Montana maker of freeze-dried raw dog treats and freeze-dried raw meal mixers, sold on sniffandshift.com through Shopify Collective. Sniff and Shift does not make, blend, or freeze-dry any Montana Dog Food Co product; the maker packs it in Bozeman and ships it to you directly, with its own tracking. This guide walks through the two Montana Dog Food Co lines carried here, Trail Snacks and Adventure Fuel, so a shopper who wants Montana Dog Food Co specifically knows what each line is, what it comes in, and how it ships, before ordering.

Trail Snacks or Adventure Fuel: which is which

The two lines are built for different moments. Trail Snacks is a treat: one protein, one 3 oz bag, meant for a pocket on a walk or a hike, or as a reward during training. Adventure Fuel is not a treat and not a stand-alone meal; Montana Dog Food Co built it to go into or onto a dog's existing food, which is why the maker calls it a mixer or a topper rather than a food on its own. Reading the two names side by side, "Trail Snacks" for the treat and "Adventure Fuel" for the mixer and topper, is the fastest way to tell which bag does what before it ships.

Trail Snacks: freeze-dried raw single protein treats

Trail Snacks is Montana Dog Food Co's treat line, six single protein options in 3 oz bags: duck, pork tenderloin, beef heart, chicken breast, turkey heart, and bison liver. Each bag is one protein and nothing else, freeze-dried right after processing so the treat keeps its shape, texture, and aroma without added moisture. A dog gets one ingredient per bag, which makes it simple to track if a household is watching for a reaction to a specific protein.

Two examples on the site: the Duck Trail Snacks and the Bison Liver Trail Snacks, both 3 oz bags. The other four proteins, pork tenderloin, beef heart, chicken breast, and turkey heart, are listed on the site the same way, each its own 3 oz bag and its own single ingredient.

Adventure Fuel: freeze-dried raw meal mixers and toppers

Adventure Fuel is Montana Dog Food Co's grain free freeze-dried raw line in three recipes: beef, surf and turf (beef and trout), and chicken. Montana Dog Food Co calls Adventure Fuel a meal mixer and topper (surf and turf specifically a meal or topper), not a complete diet, and the packaging carries no AAFCO complete-and-balanced statement. Each recipe is blended with a medley of fruits and vegetables, then freeze-dried right away, and comes in three sizes: 6.4 oz, 16 oz, and 32 oz, so the amount can match the size of the dog or the size of the job it's doing (a mixer stirred into a regular meal, or a topper added on top of one).

One example on the site: the Beef Adventure Fuel, in 6.4 oz, 16 oz, and 32 oz. Surf and turf and chicken are listed the same way, each in the same three sizes.

Shipping and returns on a Montana Dog Food Co order

A Montana Dog Food Co order ships from the United States directly from the maker, with its own tracking number, typically leaving within about two days of the order. It is not part of Sniff and Shift's own local delivery, since Sniff and Shift is not the one packing or shipping it. If a return is needed, it follows the Shopify Collective default: thirty days, labeled as coming from Montana Dog Food Co, with no restocking fee. Email us and we start the return on your behalf; you are not left to contact the maker directly.

Montana Dog Food Co in its own words

Montana Dog Food Co describes itself this way: "We proudly live in Montana, where dogs are fueled with high-quality foods to enjoy their most fulfilling lives. Yours can be too!" That's the maker's own description of why it does what it does, not a claim Sniff and Shift is making on Montana Dog Food Co's behalf.

Where this sits next to what Sniff and Shift makes

Sniff and Shift's own line of single ingredient freeze-dried treats, made in Malvern, Pennsylvania, lives at this collection. Montana Dog Food Co's Trail Snacks and Adventure Fuel are a separate, Montana-made line carried here through Shopify Collective for the shopper who wants that maker specifically. Neither line is presented as an upgrade over the other, and neither is a stand-in for the other; they are two different makers, packed in two different places, and this guide exists so a shopper can tell which bag comes from which one before it ships.

A few common questions

Is Adventure Fuel a full meal for a dog?

Montana Dog Food Co calls it a meal mixer and topper (or, for surf and turf, a meal or topper), and the packaging carries no complete-and-balanced statement, so treat it as an addition to a dog's regular food rather than a standalone meal.

Does a Montana Dog Food Co order ship with the rest of a Sniff and Shift order?

No. Montana Dog Food Co ships it separately, directly from Bozeman, Montana, with its own tracking number.

What if a Montana Dog Food Co item needs to go back?

Email us and we start the return under the Shopify Collective default terms: thirty days, labeled as coming from Montana Dog Food Co, no restocking fee.

Are all six Trail Snacks proteins single ingredient?

Yes. Each 3 oz bag, duck, pork tenderloin, beef heart, chicken breast, turkey heart, or bison liver, is one protein and nothing else added.

What is in the Adventure Fuel surf and turf recipe?

Beef and trout, blended with a medley of fruits and vegetables, then freeze-dried. The chicken recipe uses free range chicken the same way, and the beef recipe uses beef on its own.