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When ever I run monsters in my games I look at more than just their stats. I play a lot of my dragons with god like intelligence but a bit reckless at the same time due to their cockiness. I also play certain creatures how they would normally act when it comes to combat tactics. I myself know great tactics to use but that goblin I'm running may not so while there may be an obvious tactic to use, I won't use it because that particular wouldn't. I played with a DM once that had every single creature use outstanding tactics on the battlefield even though their stats or nature didn't call for it. Even the oozes in the game would use these battlefield tactics that made you sit there and go huh?
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Wolves track their prey by scent. They use stealth and teamwork (flanking?) to bring down larger prey (though they can also hunt on their own) They usually attack the young, elderly or injured to increase their odds.
Wolves have an intelligence of 2, just saying.
Kobolds will only attack when they outnumber there foes, they tend to use ambushes and traps. Goblins are more impulsive though, they can still swarm their enemies. Oozes just attack mindlessly, they might unintentionally use tactics tough.
I run dragons and wolves (Wargs, Dire Wolves, etc...) with similar tendacies myself.
Ooozes, though, thats a little too far. IMHO.
Wolfs depend on their hunting skills to survives, so in my dungeon they do have attacking tactics. They flank and try to bring down foo's one by one (they usually just take one and leave). The wolves who don't use tactics are of no use to the pack. They don't have much use for preventing attacks, so they don't see a flank position comming. Horses don't have attacking tactics in my opinion but will try to prevent a flank, it will help them prevent getting eaten. (Also, I have a bit of a thing with the int scores of beasts in pathfinder.)
oozes have no tactic at all, they just ooz.
Mostly I play monster tactics based on int score aligment and (as far as i can guess, natural behavior.
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I had a single kobold drive a 3rd level party half crazy, once...he was never quite close enough to get to, and always behind hard cover when they saw him. The dungeon was riddled with traps and secret passages, and he lived there, and it was his job to reset all the traps...and he loved taunting adventurers. When they finally got close, his reinforcements had made it there...and between him and some (very weak) traps, the party was half dead. They backed off, and came back more prepared!