My 6 month old Shepherd/ACD mix is very submissive around people. He is pretty much over his submissive urination, but whenever he comes into contact with strangers his ears are tucked back, his head is down and a lot of the times he ends up rolling over with his belly up.

To fix this so far, i've been trying to praise him whenever he is alert and his ears are up. I don't really know what else to do for the time being. On a side note, because he is submissive, does this mean that he won't be a good guard or watch dog?

Any suggestions on correcting this behavior would be great! :thumbsup: