Watchdog

Watchdog or watch dog may refer to:

Animals

• Guard dog, a dog that barks to alert its owners of an intruder's presence
• Portuguese Watchdog, Cão de Castro Laboreiro, a dog breed
• Moscow Watchdog, a breed of dog that was bred in the Soviet Union

Computing

• Watchdog timer, a device that detects faults and initiates corrective actions

Public oversight

An individual or group that monitors the activities of another entity (such as an individual, corporation, non-profit group, or governmental organization) on behalf of the public to ensure that entity does not behave illegally or unethically:

• Consumer watchdog, consumer protection organizations or campaigners
• Charity watchdog, an organization that monitors and rates charities
• Government watchdog, organizations and platforms focused on government; see Category:Government oversight and watchdog organizations for examples
• Watchdog journalism, a form of investigative journalism
• Transit watchdog, an individual or group that provides public comment regarding public transit operations

Books

• Watchdog, a novel by Laurien Berenson from her Melanie Travis Mysteries series
• Watch Dogs: Dark Clouds, a novel by John Shirley, based on the video game
• The Watchdogs, a book by Laird Wilcox about watchdog organization that monitor extremism in the US.

Comics

• Watchdogs (Marvel Comics), a right-wing terrorist group in Marvel Comics

Music

• Watch Dog, an album by Jules Shear
• "Watch Dog", a song by Etta James from the album Tell Mama
• "Watchdogs", a song by UB40 from the album Rat in the Kitchen

Film and television

• Family First (film), or Watch Dog, 2018 Canadian film
• Watchdog (TV programme), a British television programme promoting consumer rights
  • Watchdog Test House, related television show
• "Watchdogs" (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.), an episode of Marvel Comics' Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
• Watchdogs (Wander Over Yonder), a type of space alien in Wander Over Yonder
• Watch Dog, a character in Dog City
• Watchdog Man, a character in One-Punch Man
• Watch Dogs (film), an upcoming film based on the video game series with the same name

Video games

• Watch Dogs, a video games series developed by Ubisoft
  • Watch Dogs (video game), the first game in the series

Other uses

• Watchdog.org, American news website
• Watchdog (research collective), Sri Lankan research collective

See also

• Dog watch, a work shift in a maritime watch system that is half the length of a standard watch period