Maybe his dog ate the microphone.

Presidential contender Andrew Yang, who barely chimed in during Thursday night’s debate, had an even better excuse — saying his mic was “not on” when he tried to speak.

“There were also a few times, FYI, where I just started talking, be debating like, ‘Hey, I want to add something there,’ and my mic was not on,” Yang told supporters after the Miami debate.

“And it’s this sort of thing where, it’s not like if you started talking, it takes over the [conversation]. It’s like I was talking, but nothing was happening. And it was like, ‘Oh f—.’ So that happened a bit, too,” he added.

An NBC spokesman told the The Post in a statement: “At no point during the debate was any candidate’s microphone turned off or muted.”

Yang, who has run on a platform of giving every American a guaranteed $1,000 a month, had a mere 2 minutes and 58 seconds of speaking time – the least amount of all 20 candidates who took part in two debates, according to The New York Times.

The top four in the gabbing department were former Vice President Joe Biden (13 minutes,19 seconds), California Sen. Kamala Harris (12 minutes, 16 seconds), South Bend, Indiania, Mayor Pete Buttigieg (11 minutes, 21 seconds) and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders (10 minutes, 58 seconds), according to The New York Times.

Joining Yang at the bottom were author Marianne Williamson and California Rep. Eric Swalwell, who clocked in at 4 minutes and 58 seconds and 4 minutes and 43 seconds, respectively, the Times reported.

Yang promised to do better next time.

“I feel bad for those who tuned in to see and support me that I didn’t get more airtime. Will do better (my mic being off unless called on didn’t help) and glad to have another opportunity in July (and afterwards)!” he tweeted Friday morning.