FR20 Session 1 & 2

 I attempted to train Catnip on fixed ratio schedule 20 twice. During her first session, she did good. She pressed a total of 1322 times! She did not show signs of frustration and it seemed to be as if she was pacing herself during the presses. She would stop and wait for a few seconds and then she would begin again. During her second session it was a different story, she seemed to get aggravated and began to bite the bar again toward the middle of the session. She was doing great and then she stopped to groom herself. She responded a total of 1384 times. She also picked up the pace toward the end of the session again and was pressing until the light had went off.

 FR20 was the highest schedule that Catnip and I attained. I had continued to increase the schedules because it felt like we had made great progress over the sessions. Her behavior did tend to change hwoever over the time of the sessions. She seemed to begin to get frustrated easily when she was not rewarded fast enough, or when she realized she had to press more. This is when she would bite and pull the bar. I believe that Catnip did make great progress and her motivation did seem to still be strong even after getting confused or taking breaks.