Dog watch of Ship's Bell clocks) website explanation it says that ..."the Evening Watch is periodically divided into two watches. These are called Dog Watches because they "dog" the watch schedule for all divisions ahead by one watch period". It can be surmised that this may mean an action similar to the "feed dogs" on a sewing machine, although obviously the use of the term predates the use in the sewing machine. Dog watch Dog watch, in marine or naval terminology, is a watch, a period of work duty or a work shift, between 16:00 and 20:00 (4 pm and 8 pm).
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (play) makes you uncomfortable, and the show is equally clear-eyed on the difficulties of parenting, messiness of life, and torment of a child who cannot bear to be touched. ... Leading a fine cast, Luke Treadaway is superb as Christopher, appealing and painful to watch, like the show itself." Susannah Clapp, of "The Observer", wrote in 2013, ""The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" was one of the most original shows and startling successes at the National last year. It's hard to recall the surprise of this... Yet it at first seemed unlikely that Mark Haddon's novel about a