My son is also thought to have Aspergers. We were also told to find him a pet that he could bond with. We let him pick a rat..... I have often thought something like a snake or lizard would be better seeing how the dogs want to get the rat each time he gets it out. Here lately he has asked me a few times to promise not to feed his rat to my snakes. LOL....which of course I would never do. Very cute pics!!