I don't think that's strange, or morbid, either, which is the other word people often use to denigrate death traditions. Isn't that basically what all the Dia Del Mort traditions around the world are?
My memory of Wolf had to do with him and his dog, Bear. He was at our house with the Beast one night, and someone dropped and incebube ont he floor. Before I could bend to pick it up, he yelled "Bear! Ice Cube!" and this huge dog came barrelling into the kitchen, snuffling around on the floor till Wolf finally helped him locate the cube, then the big smile on Wolfs face as Bear enthusiastically crunched up the ice cube. I looked at him and said, "I never knew dogs like ice!" He siad matter-of-factly, "Of course they do. What do dogs love more than water, and things that go crunch? And what are ice cubes but water that goes CRUNCH?"
Since then I have taught all my dogs to chase ice cubes!