'I told my husband I want a whippet or a divorce'

My family and I are making initial enquiries about our next dog, and we're just trying to figure out whether we're ready or not.

- Kate Bottley

We lost our rescue greyhound Buster two years ago, just a few weeks after my mum died, so all my grief was wound up in each other. We'd had him since he was 18 months old and he was an old gentleman. He was tired and blind, and he had lumps and bumps. Then he fell off a sofa and hurt his hip. He never really got up properly again.

Buster was the dog who was on Gogglebox with me and my husband Graham. He was like a limpet. It was like having a furry coffee table because he was always beside me.