What else to ask the dog's fosterer at a "meet and greet"?

[spidershavetoomanyknees]

This is our first ever meet and greet, so I'm pretty nervous. Only ever adopted cats before. We're going to visit a dog for the first time this evening, and there's quite a thorough profile from the breed-specific charity (we know about some behavioural problems for example, and we have questions about his cat-chasing history) but I'd love to know if anyone has any "I wish I'd asked the fosterer X at the meet and greet".

Have done the compulsory googling of "Questions to ask when adopting a dog" but I'd appreciate any insight from those of you who have gone through it recently.

He's around a year and a half years old, so he's in his bouncing-off-the-walls-even-more-than-usual-for-a-spaniel adolescent phase.

Fear triggers (some.have odd ones, one didn't like black dogs, another very upset by frying onions)
Has he been allowed on furniture
Food allergies

Ask yourself If you can live with the dog as he is now?

Don't assume all the behaviours he is displaying will be able to change.

Many might but some may not.

Can you tell me everything you know about his life at his previous home? That's what I wish I'd asked as it's a closed window now.

Yes to asking about any details about history. It will help you understand things later.

Definitely ask what their fear triggers are or what they are reactive to - what’s he like with
dogs - big, small, bouncy
what about men/women
babies/toddlers/older kids
cars, bikes

What’s he like on lead? My previous adoptees were allowed a run in woods but not really lead walked.

what about being left in room alone or in house alone?

where does he sleep at the moment? What is he like at night?

What is he eating and what treats do they use?

what games and toys does he love?

A previous adoptee was scared of men and dogs. New one is fine with dogs and people but is spooked by cars, vans, bikes. Last week I stood outside in pyjamas with dog on lead watching bin lorry.

she was walked on extending lead before in rural setting so lead walking on pavement is new. She even has soft pads on her paws 🐾

This is all so helpful, thank you! We know some of the answers to these, but definitely not all

When I took on my rescue I asked about the behavioural stuff (main issues previous owners had, dog history, people history, cat history etc...) I asked a little bit about the routine he was in with his foster mum (where he slept, what he are, what kind of exercise he had and whether he'd done any training) and I asked if he knew how to play and liked playing with toys and if he liked his food. For me this was about getting an idea of how trainable he'd be and how I'd be able to motivate him. The toy question was about this but also a dog that doesn't know how to play often has deeper issues and I wanted to be prepared for this.
With a spaniel (especially Cocker) I'd ask about any resource guarding history as with that breed in particular that's the most common behavioural issue they tend to have). I'd go in with an open mind if you're prepared to put effort it in with training - hearing my dogs foster mum talk about him you'd think he was the devil but with a bit (a lot) of effort and training he's been the most rewarding dog and I wouldn't be without him.
A confident overly fizzy adolescent dog is better and more easily trainable than a super submissive/anxious one imo even if it doesn't seem like that initially.