Cursed Wolf Quest

[Pyry]

I think the trick might be that you need to hide (as in use hide command) to lurk nearby the wolf but not detected by it, then it may approach some bread you left on the ground and eat it. I also had two different meat cuts and two bones on the tile, it ate the meat cuts first but didn't touch the bones. Leaving your barking dog home is probably good idea too.

Last time I had this quest the wolf happened to spawn in middle of large marsh so there was nowhere to hide from it really while being nearby. I left large amount of bones, meat and flatbreads on the area and allowed time to pass (both while remaining nearby and far away from the area) but it never ate anything except the meat cuts. Now it was in spruce forest and I could hide from it while remaining on same tile, that did it.

After the wolf ate the bread it started fleeing, running a world map tile to the north after which it's tracks abruptly stopped, presumably despawning.

This is the right answer. Wolf spawned in a marsh for me as well. Wouldn't eat raw fish nor meat cuts. I just dropped bread, hid at the edge of the screen and waited. When I advanced back to the position where the bread used to be, the wolf was fleeing and the quest could be completed next time I visited the village.