Karen writes "each of us sees a little of what we want to see in our horses". That is so true. I even wonder if we might sometimes receive from our horses (and maybe even our kids) a little more of what we want to see.
Although I believe genetics is an important factor in character development, there are things about our own "style" that is inclined to produce similar behaviors in our offspring. I think my Icelandics are sweet. They want to make me happy. So they ae sweet. Tosca, however, is not sweet to Yrsa and Siskiyou, the POA. She keeps them towing the mark. Our adopted grandaughter and our youngest adopted daughter, both from a "culture" very unlike our own, are so much like their sisters and cousins that they even has come to look like them. I think some of that is from our expectations: girls in our family usually act and dress in this way, often like to read, play competitive sports, have the opportunity to be outdoors a lot, etc. Nancy
