A little bit of giggle from Deirdre, one of our readers...

I got a Labrador puppy in June. He was a bargain basement puppy because he and his brother had bald patches all over, and nobody wanted them. He's a happy, healthy pup but he's weird looking.

A dermatologist at UCD took an interest in his case, and told me today he has Alopecia Areata. He started explaining that to me, when I stopped him. I said he's come to the right home!