Maybe he wanted a really litigious labrador?

An accused child rapist wasn’t necessarily asking for legal representation when he told cops “just give me a lawyer dog” — because the phrase was too ambiguous, a court has ruled.

“In my view, the defendant’s ambiguous and equivocal reference to a ‘lawyer dog’ does not constitute an invocation of counsel,” wrote Louisiana Associate Supreme Court Justice Scott Crichton following the decision last month.

Warren Demesme is accused of raping a preteen girl and sexually assaulting another underage victim, but wanted his confession of the crime suppressed because it came after invoking his constitutional right to counsel, the Times-Picayune reports.

“This is how I feel, if y’all think I did it, I know that I didn’t do it so why don’t you just give me a lawyer dog ’cause this is not what’s up,” he told police.

But the Louisiana Supreme Court on Oct. 27 ruled 6-1 to deny his claim. In explaining his vote, Crichton said cops don’t have to stop questioning a suspect if the request for an attorney is “ambiguous or equivocal.”

Demesme faces mandatory life in prison if convicted.