iPad mini 4 iOS 11 issue
Apple Watch Series 3, watchOS 4.2
Yeah there’s a glitch with the dock. Some suspect that it may have something to do with onscreen advertising..I’ve noticed ads that air in portrait (taller than they are wide) tend to mess up the dock.
There’s nothing wrong with your device per se, just a glitch with iOS11.
You can do the reboot to see if you can get it back when it acts up until there is a fix issued, probably in an iOS update.
iPad mini 4 iOS 11 issue