How about this for a great idea? You need a collar for your dog? You need to keep time while you're out walking said dog? You don't like to wear a watch. This was a few years before smart-phone-itis that took the world by fruit. So, what can you do? Pin this collar on your pet and cover all the bases. Great idea. Of course, you could be in the early throes of involvement with a internet fandom. In this internet fandom you "play" this type of animal. You wear said collars in public, preferring the nylon type. You walk into a small pet store while with a group of said fans, and you walk away with this POS.  Watch Dog (TM) Great idea right?

Yes, it was unique. Yes, it kept time. To wear it was, well, big. The latch worked. I'd like to say you looked very smart wearing this, but of course, wearing a dog collar doesn't make you smart right? I'm sure you know this. I was the envy of almost nobody. I'll bet strapping this onto a fuzz coated creature would be like torture. I know first paw...er.. hand.

Mr. Fat Paws...er..Hanz in for the assist. Why am I less than happy about this stylish canine fashion accessory? This isn't a wind up watch. That big dial on the side only makes the watch part look impressive. Oh, you can change the time, that's why it's there. Ahhh, this is a BATTERY powered watch. Hmmm. Well, you can just change the batt...OOPS! It's really held on tight and you can't move the nylon enough to pop the back to get the battery. Hmmm. Well, you can just take the pins out of the band and....OOPS! Gee, the band is held on with welds and not pins. This is a Watch Dog (TM) dog collar, not a Watch Dog (TM) wristwatch. Silly. Dogs don't have wrists.  So, after about a year of owning this, the battery went dead and it went into the junk drawer. I could get out a sewing kit, rip out the stitches, replace the battery and sew it back up...or just dig it out of the junk box and make a blog post about it. Yep. "Look internet fandom people! I spent "X" on this and it doesn't work because I wasn't paying attention when I bought it. Maybe I shouldn't be on the net at all. I'm not worthy of an internet fandom. I'll just go back to placing ads in my local newspaper hoping to find others who would throw their hard earned (don't have) money away on stupid stuff."  Junk Blog.

-Ric

"OOPS!" (Kojack after backing into a perp.)