My 16wk golden is very submissive with humans?Is this normal?

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This only happens with other people not us owners.
Is there anything we can do to build his confidence or
leave him be?
He rolls on his back to everyone and
other dogs.
People think this is weird behaviour.I just thought he was young...
 
It's good for them to be a little submissive, but if they become too submissive then they may become aggressive out of fear. My advice is to just get him around people and get them to play with him, like on the ground. That's the advice our animal trainer gave us anyways for our VERY submissive pit, and it's worked very well.
 
Could you give more information? It's hard to know what to recommend from your question. What does this submissive behavior look like?
 
He's only 16 weeks. More exposure to people will up his confidence level. My dog trainer friend says that a puppy should experience 5 new things a day to really socialize them.
 
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