Our Story

Our Founder, Mimi Kuchman...

I have been around animals and loved them my entire life, thus they became a passion of mine. I found myself rescuing dogs at our family ranch, and I managed to find homes for each one of them. At one point, I had 18! Finding loving homes for neglected and abandoned animals gave me a personal satisfaction of accomplishment, something I wanted to continue to do throughout my life. When I started working in high school, I started donating a percentage of my income to helping animal groups around the world.

When I started my family, I introduced my kids to horses at a young age. We found a nearby horse rescue facility where they started riding. After learning what the facility did for these animals, I had to get involved. I immediately started to volunteer and fundraise for them. I knew there was something I had to do, and after volunteering for this and other rescues for over five years, I decided to start my own rescue and adoption. My wonderful husband, two daughters and I have four rescue dogs at home and three personal rescue horses. My belief is these animals rely on the open hearts of humans to get them out of the bad situations someone else initiated.

Hope for Hooves is a dream come true and I cannot wait to directly help the equine community by showing what a neglected animal can do when it is cared for and loved. This rescue and adoption facility is a work in progress, but it rewards me every day and reminds me that this is my calling.