Remember, the wolf is a quick thinking, highly intelligent being that lives its entire natural life as a contributing member of a pack. In all our years of selectively breeding priorities into our dogs they have not lost this basic pack mentality. Each pack has a leader to set the rules, keep order and make decisions. Each member has a rank. The pack is not a democracy.
All ranks are temporary.
If you can move up go for it. In this way the pack is assured of survival. There are no weak leaders. No good leader would beg, trick, bribe or plead with a lesser pack member. So simply being nice does not work.