Is it just me, because everything you've just said seems to suggest that wolves can't be pets.
It’s probably just not very appropriate according to your particular personality, and perhaps slightly offensive to typical sensibilities.
But there’s something admirable about a companion that requires a degree of vigilance, and expects domination in exchange for honest respect. In a sense that sort of presence does you the favor of keeping you sharp for your own sake, according to the rules of the harsh world that produced its kind.
It’s a somewhat clear contrast worth tuning into, to consider what uncivilized nature requires from a predator, as compared to what genteel society rewards.
Could it be a pet in some suburban cul de sac? Nah, but a tract of hemmed-in, woodland terrain might work, such that ordinary folk are protected from it’s advanced husbandry requirements, both by remoteness, and possibly some engineered physical barriers.
Would it still be a pet, if you offer it free movement within a zone larger than it’s natural range? Yes, but only by fostering conditioned dependence, which is what being a pet owner is really about anyway. Pets are not peers, but sometimes they believe themselves to be.
Pet is a more open term, and represents the concept of an enjoyable living possession, retained without enslavement.
Enforcing submission may carry the possibility of punishment, but an equitable game can be achieved, even amid power differential.
Is the animal’s environment engaging and enjoyable, yet perhaps limited? Then congratulations, it’s your pet.
I'm really against most types of exotic pet. Large cats need a lot of room, as do wolves. There are many cases of exotic pets turning on their owners. It's really unfair to the animals.
Unless you really know what you're doing and have a significant amount of time to invest, avoid exotic pets. They can be very dangerous and turn on you. Humans have spent a lot of time domesticating the animals we keep today.
