r/PawChampClub

My dog has been scratching like it’s a full-time job. I checked for fleas, changed shampoo, washed his bed, cleaned the blankets, and still he keeps scratching, licking, and biting at random spots. Some days it looks better, then the next day he’s back at it like he has a personal beef with his own skin.

I’m starting to wonder if it’s food, allergies, dry skin, or something outside. Grass? Dust? The universe? Who knows at this point.

He’s eating normally and acting fine, so it doesn’t feel like an emergency, but it’s clearly bothering him and driving me a little insane too. 

Has anyone dealt with constant dog itching where nothing obvious was wrong? What actually helped?

A while ago, our walks were a mess. Pulling, sudden stops, random lunges at things I couldn’t even see. I came home more trained than my dog.
What helped most was not some genius leash training trick. It was realizing my dog was too overstimulated outside to just magically walk nicely because I wanted that.
The biggest shift was slowing everything down. I stopped treating walks like we had somewhere to be. For a bit, the goal was just calm walking, not distance, not speed, not trying to prove we were a functional duo.
Another thing that helped was me finally noticing how often I was rewarding pulling without meaning to. Dog pulls, dog gets to the smell. Very solid business model from his side. Once I got more consistent and stopped moving when the leash stayed tight, he started getting it.
Also, timing mattered way more than I expected. If I waited until he was already locked onto something and pulling like he paid the bills, I was too late. It worked much better when I caught the moment earlier and redirected before his brain fully left the chat.
And honestly, shorter better walks helped more than long chaotic ones. I used to think a “good” walk had to be long. Turns out 15 calm minutes are way better than 40 minutes of public embarrassment.
We still have off days, but leash training made walks way calmer and way less annoying for both of us.

Has anyone here used PawChamp for more than a few weeks? I’ve seen mixed stuff online, but most PawChamp reviews are either super short or sound like they were written after 2 days of using the app.

I’m more interested in the boring real-life part: did you actually keep using it? Did it help with basic obedience, leash walking, barking, or puppy chaos? Also, how is it after the first month? Still useful, or does it become one of those apps you forget you’re paying for until your bank reminds you?

Would love to hear from people who tried it properly, not just opened it once and judged the universe.

We’ve been seeing more dog owners trying apps instead of booking in-person classes right away, so wanted to ask this properly. What dog training apps are you using right now, if any?

Could be for basic obedience, leash walking, barking, puppy biting, reactivity, recall, whatever your dog has chosen as their main villain era.

We’re especially interested in what actually keeps you consistent. Not just “nice design” or “lots of lessons”, but the stuff you open after a long day when your dog has already tested your soul twice.

A few things I’d love to hear:

1. What app did you try?
2. Did you stick with it?
3. What made it useful or annoying?
4. Do you prefer videos, step-by-step plans, chat with trainers, reminders, progress tracking?

We’re obviously PawChamp, so yes, we’re biased. But this isn’t meant to be a sales post. I’d genuinely like to understand what people expect from the best dog training app now, because the bar is higher than “here’s 40 articles, good luck.”

What’s been worth using for you?