apartment at santacruz w that such a nervous guy could learn to trust me was touching says nulwala who has rescued and fostered over six injured dogs and gave eight others a temporary homesaying goodbye foster parents often suffer separation pangs once their pet finds a permanent home and are advised not to visit the animals for a while at least the wadhwans overcome this by petsitting their former charges when the forever parents go on holiday we are expecting one of our foster children for christmas says deepak while nulwala recommends fostering to everyone especially those who want to become human parents he has a word of advice be prepared to be snapped at and clean up natures calls if the animals are untrained you require patience to teach them so commit to a week or a monthis it for you heres the yoda checklist for foster parents do you meet them you need to be able to foster the animal for at least 710 days an animal needs three to four days to settle in anything less will traumatise and confuse it do you have two to three hours to walk or play with the animal domestic workers dont count every family member has to be on board with the decision while ngos can provide financial help for the medical bills you must have transportation to take the dog to the vet or in case of emergencies sick animals may require constant medication and emergency trips to the vet behavioural issues will need constant attention and correcting