Watchcat protocol DCVI

Another overlooked duty of watchcats is making sure no one comes along and overloads a washing machine:

January 2006: Watchcat Rosie wouldn't tolerate anyone attempting to start the washer when there was too much in it.

Watchcat protocol DCV

Sometimes, watchcat guard duty entails using your back paws to shield your backup watchhedgehog from harm.  Watchcat Sylvia handled this responsibility deftly in June 2011:

Watchcat protocol DCIV

Sometimes, Watchcat Headquarters uses camouflage strategically.  Intruders on July 22, 2020, for instance, might have wondered, "Is that a real watchcat or a cat that was painted into the scene?"

She is real; in fact, she's Watchcat Lily.

Watchcat protocol DCIII

There's a gleam in the eye that some watchcats have--a gleam that says, "I'm your best bet among watchcats.  My reflexes are lightning quick."  Watchcat Sylvia displayed this justified gleam during agility training in Spring 2014:

Watchcat protocol DCII

Some of a watchcat's duties aren't widely known.  Did you know, for instance, that watchcats check tire pressure?

May 2007: Watchcat Sammy gives a tire his seal of approval.

Watchcat protocol DCI

Watchcat Collette does a commendable job guarding my residence.  However, I still think I'll have to employ a temporary watchcat to keep an eye on her.  I have a bandage on my left foot where Collette bit me this morning and three bandages on my left hand to cover a large scratch from her shortly after that.  Within two hours of these sudden acts of violence, however, Collette was her sweet, cuddly self again.  I'm not sure what to think.  There's no reform school for recalcitrant watchcats, as far as I know.

Collette: Misunderstood watchcat or manic tabby hooligan?

Watchcat protocol DC

The items Watchcat Headquarters asked Watchcat Sammy to guard in the museum were rather incongruous, but that didn't stop him from taking the job seriously in October 2004: