Why does it look like our furry neighbors come with a lot of transferred infections and disease like that scary Rabies which makes a person become agitated, Cat Scratch Disease caused by * Bartonella henselae*, Toxoplasmosis caused by Toxoplasma gondii which affects the neurological system of a person and so on.
I must say that the love for these pets of ours is genuine because even with the long list of possible but rare infections and diseases, we still have them around.
Back to the Marie, I do not think her dogs had any fault since the bacterium is a normal floral of the dog's mouth, so it was only being affectionate but it got its housemates to infect its owner mistakenly from a cut.
Haha.. They seem to be a handful if we will be truthful to ourselves. I must say that it is genuine love for real but then, i really need to read on cases where humans infected animals or why do we always have to be at the receiving end of the infection or disease transmission spectrum.