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Sunny says:

December 15, 2020 at 12:17 pm

Of my 4 miniature horses, one likes hard peppermints, one likes butter mints (those soft after-dinner mints from restaurants), a third likes the peppermint horse treats (though German Horse Muffins and Nicker Makers are the favorites) and the fourth doesn’t like them at all.