Personality or anthropomorphism?

anthropomorphism |ˌanθrəpəˈmôrˌfizəm|nounthe attribution of human characteristics or behavior to a god, animal, or object.

Sue puts her on twist on anthropomorphism.  In her Rules of Training she writes:
WHY is not nearly as important as WHAT.Teach yourself to see what the dog is doing rather than worrying about why she does it.

But anthropomorphize we do!
And yet how difficult it often is to distinguish between personality traits and human ones.  Shayla is soft and gentle and quiet.  Reserved yet playful at times.  Because of her IBD I think her demeanor is often influenced by her discomfort.  But she remains the protector of the house.
Standing on my bed looking out of the second story window, she protects us from every passing dog and postman.  All others she deems "safe" and not worthy of her deep bark and raised hackles.  She ferociously warns all cats to stay away.  Not when she SEES one.  But when she hears one howl.
Shayla knows to step aside when Lily approaches at full speed (but then, so do I).  IOW, Shayla knows boundaries, where Lily knows none.
Shayla greets old friends warmly, both human and canine.  She has a built in GPS when riding in the car and knows where we are going well before we get there.  She is gentle with children.  She has a gentle spirit.
Lily, on the other hand, is an "all or nothing" kind of girl.  Everything she does is done with with every fibre of her being.  She is persistent, determined, eager, enthusiastic.  There's nothing she won't try.
But she is also tender, snuggly, sensitive.
Both girls are tolerant of other dogs, but at the dog park or at the beach are not particularly interested in playing with other dogs (or each other, for that matter).  They give a hello sniff and then are off investigating on their own.....preferring, instead, to check in with me and then each is off again.
I couldn't be more pleased.