Dunwoody Farm, LLC

11/25/2025

I vowed to my kids/clients their experience would be nothing like mine was. It’s the foundation of my program. My barn is a welcoming place for all. 🫶🏼🐴

By JAMIE SINDELL Recently, I had to make one of the hardest decisions I’ve faced as a horse mom — weighing what mattered more: the chance to show, ride more horses, and be part of a barn community, or my child’s wellbeing and confidence. When my daughter got the opportunity to work off expense...

11/25/2025

My new existence. 😂😂🥶🐴🫶🏼

11/25/2025

But we love them so! 🫶🏼🐴😂

11/16/2025

I think a statement any rider or trainer should find a constant is, “I’ve never met a ground pole I didn’t love.”

Merely adding 2 ground poles to a ride can change everything. For you and your horse. Intentions of jumping, ground poles nearly every ride. Unblanced horses, ground pole exercises nearly every ride. Green bean learning how to use himself and where his feet are, ground poles nearly every ride. Rehabbing a horse, ground poles. You get the idea. They are worth their weight in gold. Today we had 5; 12,3,6,9, and one in the middle of the ring. This leaves enough room to ride and circle without a ground pole.

Frankie loves to swap his leads at the canter. AKA cross fire, counter canter; it goes by many terms. It’s not a fun ride and it’s at times a hard “habit” to break. When you have a green horse who is unbalanced and unsure of his body in space he will do what feels comfortable and safe. For Frankie- cross firing is it. As he develops more muscle, confidence, and balances himself he is each lesson doing it less or not at all. “Hold his hand”, I say this many times through a lesson.

Today was our first lesson in the indoor for the winter. I asked her not to lunge prior. I know I know. CRAZY! But is it?

Frankie was AWESOME! Grace rode him through some quick steps, a few “zoots” but nothing bad. It’s cold, very windy outside, and it’s a new place- think of a child. We focus on the good and leave the “bad” when we can. Busy feet for a busy mind will make a ride enjoyable for horse and rider alike.

I am more of a “ride it out” as long as the behavior is respectfully playful. We trotted a lot. 20m, 10m circles, changes of direction, figure eights; anything to get off the rail. A busy mind redirected to good.

Frankie tries so hard for Grace and she for him. We cantered ground poles today for the first time. It was a little bumpy the first few tries. We praise the effort and continue. After the first few bumps, he knew what to do. Grace found planning ahead, riding to the base and throughout without micromanaging to be success. I’m so proud of them! No swaps today. But… we did get 2 unplanned clean flying changes. 🤌🏼

Onward and upward! Tally ho! 🫶🏼🐴

11/12/2025

This evening I will be speaking to a trail riding group. Out of coincidence a fellow horsewoman happened to be driving by my parents home (our current residence 🙃) and couldn’t help but notice my horse trailer parked in the front yard (they live in town). 😂🐴

Through a long conversation in the driveway we found we knew similar people and she thought my program, set up, farm, and knowledge would be a great place for the ladies (and gents?) to continue and build their skills. I am so excited to have some of these riders join my program!

In other news, we made it through this cold snap unscathed. In Texas, for fear of sand colic I made sure to always put the horses hay in 45 gal tubs with hay nets over the top, secured with a 1” ratchet straps-6 tubs am/pm. Here, I take hay out to the field and simply chuck it around! No sand here! It’s marvelous! Haha!

Inspection went great yesterday for the new house. We are moving ahead and so excited to set roots. 🙌🏼

Onward and upward! Tally ho y’all! 🫶🏼🐴

11/10/2025

Mid weights are on. “Feels like” by tomorrow will be single digits. 🥶 MUY FRÍO!

The boys today are out and happily munching their piles of hay. They are snug as bugs in rugs. However, this cold snap does seem a little early.

Yesterday I worked out my hay budget for the year. Last year I spent 12k, the year before 15k, year before somewhere in between. This year, maybe 4k with an excess of many 100 bales?! Hay, the thing I need the most of has become my least expensive expense. Now that’s a win!

Now to get the farm sold in Texas. It’s split into 3 different listings. 13.36+/-, entire property. 9+/- raw land to build your own dream. Then 4.6+/- includes home, entrance, all out buildings, and entire back of property. I’m sick it’s become this difficult to sell a place I worked so hard on and loved. 🤞🏼🤞🏼 for a sale like yesterday. Send yo momma, daddy, grandpappy, auntie, cousin, whoever to my farm. She needs to hit the bricks.

We close on our new home/property in December. We didn’t get as much land as we wanted BUT we got a newly remodeled home and a blank slate for the ponies.

It’s my shining moment! I get to design this farm from top to bottom. I also get to finally build my very own barn. A real barn, a 6 stall, inside wash rack, feed room, separate tack room; EVERYTHING! I am so excited and have spent my lifetime taking notes in every single barn I’ve been in preparing for maybe being able to do this someday. It’s surreal.

Onward and upward! Tally ho! Stay warm y’all! 🫶🏼🐴

11/10/2025

*I have 6 of these.*

A little funny for Monday. 👑🐴🙃

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11/04/2025

Get your horse goods!

10/17/2025

Sometimes you just have to see the hidden gem below.

Z is one of my all time favorite horses. He has a love hate relationship with all the horses; no in-between. He is top banana. Except Buttons, that is no relationship.

I find after 2 years he is much more cuddly with me. I have learned his moderately agreeable scratchy spots. All two of them; sometimes. 😂🐴 He has finally started to enjoy brushing with more than a soft brush. He is really special to me.

We are so excited to set roots and get rolling again. I am really excited to trail ride Z up here. He will love it! Thanks so much Ashley. He’s a treasure we adore. 🥹🫶🏼🐴l