The Mongolians famously conquered the entire known world (at the time) by watching and imitating wolfs. They learned and imitated their hunting style, their social hierarchy, and their spirituality. What was key to this was not only their ability to act as wolves, but to identify other groups of people as wolf or dog. Given that the Mongolians were wild horse archers, while the people they conquered were typically domesticated sedentary peoples living in towns, villages, and cities, I think they succeeded specifically by identifying and dominating domestic dogs pretending to be wild wolves, so I think your advice is well taken.