Wolves have to be adults before they can breed and they do not die.
Each week a different profession has an event with an event shop available, usually the most expensive ticket items are exclusive companions (the same each time the shop is open but only available during that specific week). Abundant activities shop is a little different because it allows you to buy tickets for other shops instead of a companion option. I believe next weeks event is Cooking, which also has some exclusive apparel items in that shop. I personally try to just split up all my tickets evenly between the 6, but you do not have to spend them if you don’t want. You will keep ahold of them until the shop opens again!
But thank you! That makes a lot of sense, I was here for the Mining one so I was confused why I had tickets left over from that too, that's pretty nice that the tickets will add up over time