A Canine Gets a Crown "Rudy" a 6 year old dachsund broke one of his upper bicuspids-a tooth critical to chewing. His veternarian Dr. Robert Pletcher of Charlevoix recommended extracting the tooth. Rudy's owner, Dr. John Merrill a dentist in Charlevoix, opted to place a crown on his busted bicuspid. Rudy could not be happier.