Everyone thought it was going to be the cats that took over—not the , war, or any other apocalyptic threat. “Why are you a cat person?” people ask, reminding me that dogs have owners and cats have servants. “Don’t you know they’re just sizing you up for a coup?” But at least I’ll have the last laugh before our new overlords take over, because it won’t be the cats. It’ll be .

That’s right. The threats come from whence you least expect them.

Around the same time we all read of a dog in Florida putting its owner’s car into reverse and doing circles in a cul-de-sac, the Slidell Police Department in Louisiana posted on Facebook that it, too, had a doggie driver.

The department on Friday and said on Facebook that a couple stopped to pump gas when the chihuahua inside of the SUV put it into reverse. The dog and the SUV went across a four-lane road before stopping at a gas station across the street, the post said.

The department said on Facebook that a mechanical issue on the SUV let the transmission slip into reverse without a foot on the brake, and that the owner sustained a minor injury while trying to chase after the vehicle.

A video posted by the department shows that the SUV managed to avoid being hit by any other cars when it crossed the road, which the department called “a miracle.”What isn’t a miracle is how all of these dogs are managing to put cars into reverse, as you know what they say: First come the driving abilities, then comes the world domination.

It’s the dogs, everyone. It’s always been the dogs.