Originally posted by catnapper
I think this is what my neighbor's dog has -- she heard Auto Immune Disease and relyed it as AIDS. It sounds exactly like what she described - complete to treatment with steroids and it being hereditary.

http://www.canismajor.com/dog/autoimmn.html
Ah, that makes more sense. I suppose it doesn't matter really what he has. Your neighbor is still loosing her furkid and that sucks no matter what takes them!