When you tell your friends and family that you have your beloved dog on the BARF Diet you may get an odd look so be prepared to explain exactly what that means. The BARF or bones and raw food diet is a safe and natural menu for your canine consisting of foods that are raw and not commercially processed. Many owners that follow this diet for their animal believe that it promotes a healthy lifestyle and way of living for the animal, even though domesticated, to eat like it would if still in the wild. It is known that much of the nutrients and protein in commercially prepared dog foods are lost when the food is made and the recent pet food recall that left many animals ill has owners willing to try a different idea. The BARF diet is considered to be eating biologically and taking foods back to basics.