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Wow, talk about different opinions! I think the OP was reacting to the nature in which the advice was offered: as an attack, not constructively. I'm going to exhibit some SERIOUS self control, and not even address how I percieved JoePa's post. (seriously, I spent half an hour writing a rant, then deleted it. Made me shaking mad). I don't want to get this thread even more off-track than it's getting.
Whew! Ok, that stuff out of the way, I think there's been a lot of good advice here. Also, I love the word Cugly and I'm officially adopting it!
I personally believe that the question about the morality of domesticating animals is a really interesting one. On one hand, that animal's genetic perogative of continued existence is ensured if it bends itself to human will and interest. On the other, you can end up with animals like Araucanas and Scottish Fold cats, who inherit lethal genes because they've been interfered with so much (please don't kill me Araucana and Scottish Fold people, I'm neither for or against them!).
I think it's entirely a personal choice, which the OP has clearly already made. It sounds like she/he is instituting a new approach that is working. Also, I think the aggression is very likely to pass after the little guy makes it out of his terrible teens.