FR 12

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Recently Lil Thing has put on more weight than her target weight. I have been feeding her consistently but she continues to gain weight. I am going to cut her food down some after today's training session because she only had 177 lever presses which is a steep decline after her performance on FR 10. I am guessing that she became satiated quicker and this is why her performance is so poor. I will decrease her food tonight in hopes for a better performance next training session.

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