# Time Traveler claims dogs will rule by 2087 **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 18, 2025, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-traveler-claims-dogs-will-rule-by-2087/1023165 "2025-09-18T19:15:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2025, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-traveler-claims-dogs-will-rule-by-2087/1023165/1 "2025-09-18T19:15:19Z")
It certainly sounds like an interesting world, and not a prophecy I’ve heard before now. > **[Man who claims to be a Time Traveler harasses bystanders, insists dogs will...](https://newswebjournal.com/2025/09/17/man-who-claims-to-be-a-time-traveler-harasses-bystanders-insists-dogs-will-rule-earth-by-2087/)** > > Est. reading time: 3 minutes ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2025, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-traveler-claims-dogs-will-rule-by-2087/1023165/2 "2025-09-18T19:17:27Z")
They don’t already rule? ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2025, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-traveler-claims-dogs-will-rule-by-2087/1023165/3 "2025-09-18T19:18:17Z")
I, for one, welcome our new canine overlords. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2025, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-traveler-claims-dogs-will-rule-by-2087/1023165/4 "2025-09-18T19:21:33Z")
They are going to be stymied by the ease with which they can be distracted by squirrels. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2025, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-traveler-claims-dogs-will-rule-by-2087/1023165/5 "2025-09-18T19:32:44Z")
> Leitner described a detailed narrative in which dogs slowly gained legal rights before establishing a “canine democracy” by the late 21st century. “By 2087, Labradors are judges, shepherds are presidents, and humans live as second-class citizens,” he told onlookers. “You must prepare to sit, stay, and obey.” You have to admit that this would probably be a much healthier planet and, overall, would probably be a much better world – more just, more fun, and completely free of worry! 🐶 ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2025, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-traveler-claims-dogs-will-rule-by-2087/1023165/6 "2025-09-18T19:38:16Z")
Where do felines fit in this world? ---
**Author:** ![griffin1977](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2025, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-traveler-claims-dogs-will-rule-by-2087/1023165/7 "2025-09-18T19:39:52Z")
Pretty sure he’s an agitator in the employ of the cats ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2025, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-traveler-claims-dogs-will-rule-by-2087/1023165/8 "2025-09-18T19:50:54Z")
South Park predicted a future where super-intelligent otters are at war with humans over the true nature of atheism. I agree that dogs are far more likely to rule in the near term by virture of their numbers, population diversity and distribution, lack of reliance on fresh clams and kelp, integration into human society. ---
**Author:** ![mozchron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@mozchron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mozchron)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2025, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-traveler-claims-dogs-will-rule-by-2087/1023165/9 "2025-09-18T19:51:54Z")
I think i’m OK with it ---
**Author:** ![rippingtons\_fan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rippingtons_fan/32/11767_2.png) [@rippingtons\_fan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rippingtons_fan)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2025, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-traveler-claims-dogs-will-rule-by-2087/1023165/10 "2025-09-18T20:04:55Z")
We already have a “son of a bitch” as President. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2025, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-traveler-claims-dogs-will-rule-by-2087/1023165/11 "2025-09-18T20:05:30Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > They don’t already rule? Per Jerry Seinfeld: > If you see two life forms, one of them’s making a poop, the other one’s carrying it for him, who would you assume was in charge? ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2025, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-traveler-claims-dogs-will-rule-by-2087/1023165/12 "2025-09-18T20:06:34Z")
Mostly they drool. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2025, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-traveler-claims-dogs-will-rule-by-2087/1023165/13 "2025-09-18T20:06:54Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > I, for one, welcome our new canine overlords. ~~Hear! Hear!~~ Woof! Woof! ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2025, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-traveler-claims-dogs-will-rule-by-2087/1023165/14 "2025-09-18T20:09:21Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Where do felines fit in this world? When my noble Bernese Mountain Dog used to go for walks, head held high in regal dignity, there would always be cats lurking behind distant bushes hissing at him. Why they hissed is a mystery since he was completely unconcerned with them and completely ignored them, but I guess felines will be felines. How do felines fit in this world of the future? Probably the same way they fit into the world today: they are irrelevant, except to themselves. 🐶 ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2025, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-traveler-claims-dogs-will-rule-by-2087/1023165/15 "2025-09-18T20:14:19Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > I guess felines will be felines. This. You are familiar with the phrase “it’s like herding cats”? Well, then. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2025, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-traveler-claims-dogs-will-rule-by-2087/1023165/16 "2025-09-18T20:19:31Z")
Alas, I will be too old to play fetch for my master by that point. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2025, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-traveler-claims-dogs-will-rule-by-2087/1023165/17 "2025-09-18T20:21:17Z")
So not even Border Collies have the drive or brains to take over the world. If we’re replaced, it will probably be by raccoons who have now spread to most of Europe and have the ability to use our artifacts. They’re probably already secretly plotting and practicing in our garbage dumps. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2025, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-traveler-claims-dogs-will-rule-by-2087/1023165/18 "2025-09-18T20:50:32Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > Alas, I will be too old to play fetch for my master by that point. Me, too, even now. But I was taught to play fetch some years ago. Here’s how it worked. When my Bernese was still a growing puppy, I thought it was time to play a game of fetch. As he sat beside me I took what I think was a tennis ball and threw it across the yard. That pup then looked up at me, and I swear that his expression clearly said, “are you just throwing that ball away, or are you going to go fetch it?” No, he was not a dumb dog – it was the opposite. He was exceptionally bright, and that was part of the problem with him. I have told stories of how he has outwitted humans. The fetch thing was minor compared to times when humans tried to outwit him, and he turned the tables on them! ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2025, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-traveler-claims-dogs-will-rule-by-2087/1023165/19 "2025-09-18T21:01:17Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Where do felines fit in this world? [![](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/ca/d3/9d/cad39d51fc2e39d6b0aa20adfec1ff85.jpg) ](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/ca/d3/9d/cad39d51fc2e39d6b0aa20adfec1ff85.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2025, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-traveler-claims-dogs-will-rule-by-2087/1023165/20 "2025-09-18T21:10:56Z")
Having visited Bern on more than one occasion, may I at least raise the _possibility_ that the cats were actually saying, “SWISS! SWISSSSSS!” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-traveler-claims-dogs-will-rule-by-2087/1023165.md?page=2)