The Week contest: Dog accomplice

This week's question: A suspected drunk driver allegedly tried to fool police by putting his dog in the driver's seat. Come up with the name of a charge for this unusual attempt at DUI dodging.

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THE WINNER: "Sleight of Hound"

Erica Avery, Greenfield, Massachusetts

SECOND PLACE: "Plastered Master"

Ken Liebman, Williston, Vermont

THIRD PLACE: "DWI: Dog With Idiot"

Jim Delaney, Park Ridge, New Jersey

HONORABLE MENTIONS:

"Highway Slobbery"

Janet Oberfoell, Monticello, Iowa

"Using a Proxy Doxie"

Kenneth Burgan, Grass Valley, California

"Driving Under Influence of Licker"

Rebecca Burgan, Grass Valley, California

"Unsafe Species Change"

Valerie Kenny, Verona, New Jersey

"Falsifying Lab Results"

Wendy Playter, Austinburg, Ohio

"A Shep at the Wheel"

Daurelle Harris, Chalfont, Pennsylvania

"Scootching the Pooch"

Joe Ayella, Wayne, Pennsylvania

"DWI: Driving While Inhuman"

Caroline Combs, Los Angeles, California

"Bite and Switch"

Sid Burgreen, Garden City, New Jersey

"Blaming the Pooch for the Hooch"

Michael Devlin, Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania

"Barkseat Driving"

Micah Jacobson, Cherry Hill, New Jersey

"Contributing to the Delinquency of a Weimaraner"

John Bregoli, Weymouth, Massachusetts

"Puppy Dog Guise"

Rosalind Singer, Arlington, Virginia