When I think of metroidvania, I think of side scrollers. This game is what I think is bird's eye? Zelda/Stardew/Harvest moon-like.
That's true, 1000 wolves would be far too grindy in a process of taming a single wolf is a full task to complete. Though. Taming 1000 in a game where you can just do an AOE on 100+ at a time would ruin the joy of getting a tamed wolf, I think. Mm, must be a balance. Maybe each wolf takes a few minutes to successfully tame, so taming 10-30 gets a perk. Not too much time to get to, but also not something the average person is doing just for the hell of it.
Like catching 100+ Pokemon to start seeing a shiny popup.