title: Watchdog
text: # 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, any medium providing consumer watchdog activities
  * 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
  
  * Watch Dog (film), 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
  
  ## 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
  