I agree with you about breeding them smkie. the one I had, and if I ever have any again, I got from a wolf dog rescue. he was an adult when I got him, 1/2 wolf and half gsd and was the only wolf dog I have ever encountered who had "dog mind". what I mean is as far as his behaviour, trainability, etc he was totally dog. he looked like a pure wolf. the only time the wolf was present in anything besides looks was he would howl if left alone. I "ABSOLUTELY" am against ANYONE breeding wolf dogs, or wolves as pets. however there are a small few people out there who know enough about large breed, dominant breed, high prey drive breeds of dog, who are also patient enough and have done a ton of research, who can provide a good home to most of the wolf dogs in rescue. also I am not recommending anyone go out and adopt one because very few people are capable of giving the amount of time, patience, training and love (and room) that a wolf dog needs. however I do recommend that anyone considering a wolf dog as a pet go through a rescue, not a breeder. all of the adoptable wolf dogs go to foster homes. to adopt one you have to contact the head of the organization, the entire board (10-50 people) decides wether or not to approve your application after reading it. then the head calls you and you chat over the phone and email for a week or two. then they come to your home to check it out (very very strict requirements). then once they have a good idea of how informed/experienced you are with wolf dogs or similar breeds they try to place you with one that fits your knowledge/experience/environment/and energy level. and the foster mom or dad has the final say as to wether you may adopt that dog or not because they know it better than anyone and therefore know wether you are right for each other or not.
as far as training, dominance is not a training method. however with nearly every breed of dog, they are after all a sub species of wolf, they need a pack leader. yes you need to be respectful and loving, but also you have to be the boss. if your trying to train a puppy obedience and you are too afraid of hurting its feelings and never make it obey, then it will never obey. before you think Im against you let me explain how I train dogs...I use food rewards and lots of praise when they do something right. if I say "sit" and the dog ignores me I dont yell, kick, jerk the collar/dog around. I calmly, gently and firmly repeat the command and gently press down on the puppies rear. I keep training sessions short (no more than 5 minutes for puppies) and have several sessions a day. I always end with the dog being succesfull and recieving a lot of praise. however I always get my way, and my dogs respect me, I respect them, and we are all happy because I am the boss.
I have seen dogs whos owners have not established dominance, out on walks. since the owner is not dominant the dog feels responsible as the leader. the dog gets very stressed out because the owner has not properly trained it and it doesnt know what the owner wants, it feels it has to make decisions such as "is that trash can dangerous?, which way should we go?". and neither owner or dog have a good relationship, and neither are happy. and 99% of dogs in shelters have not had proper obedience training. most likely either because the owner didnt know they needed to, or they started training too late.