A Fort Lauderdale veterinarian had seen strange items in the stomachs of dogs before, but a 13-inch serrated knife that was swallowed by a 6-month old puppy was a new one.

"I was just flabbergasted," says veterinarian Jon-Paul Carew of Imperial Point Animal Hospital in Fort Lauderdale, to the South Florida Sun-Sentinel

Elsie, a Saint Bernard puppy, apparently had the blade between her esophagus and stomach for about four days before it was removed earlier this week in a 2-hour operation, reports The Associated Press.

The puppy has an 8-inch scar, but is fine and back with her family. And the knife is back in the kitchen, albeit this time wrapped in a towel and placed in a cabinet atop the refrigerator.

"I'm going to frame it and give it to Dr. Carew," Scarola says. "He should hang it. Everybody should know what puppies are capable of putting down their throats."

Scarola used the knife to carve a turkey, and placed the blade on the counter - far from the edge.

She thinks one of her six other dogs - four Saint Bernards, a German shepherd and a Labrador - somehow got the knife, which eventually made its way to Elsie.

"She wants to eat everything and anything," Scarola says.