More Than a Second Chance
The Canine Healing Project is a non-profit, located in Greenville, SC. The project focuses on working with the local shelter and rescue groups to identify dogs with the potential to be trained as therapy dogs. Some of our dogs will not have the best temperament to move forward as a therapy dog, however they will still remain in our program until their furever family is found.
These noble dogs live in foster care during their training and receive free daycare and boarding at the Noble Dog. We urge each adopter to become certified as a handler for the dogs we deem appropriate to be therapy certified. Once certified, the dog/handler team can participate in the community therapy dog program, which involves visits to local hospitals, schools, nursing homes, special needs centers, and more.
Therapy dogs provide a valuable service to the community, but they are not to be mistaken with service dogs, who provide a specific service to individual owners. We hope you take some time to learn more about the wonderful dogs we have in our program!
“It’s more than a second chance, it’s a purpose.”
Noble Nessie
Forever Our Queen: Noble Nessie ❤️🐾 Meet our Queen, our original spokespup, and the heart behind so much of what Canine Healing Project has become, Noble Nessie. On July 25, 2018, we pulled a sweet girl named “Edith” from Greenville County Animal Care and welcomed her into the Canine Healing Project family. We didn’t know her story, her past, or how she ended up as a stray picked up by animal control in Easley, SC. But we knew one thing quickly, she was special. It didn’t take long before we realized Nessie had found her forever home as the Queen of Noble Dog Hotel. For years, she greeted guests at the front desk, welcomed new friends through the doors, and quietly reminded everyone she met that every dog deserves a chance. She even occasionally snuck away for a special trip to White Duck Taco for some chips because queens deserve treats too. Nessie became so much more than a rescue dog. She became a symbol of second chances. She touched the lives of our Noble Dog team, our clients, our volunteers, and countless people in our community. Through her work as a therapy dog, she brought comfort, joy, and healing to those who needed it most. Although Nessie crossed the rainbow bridge in 2026, her paw print will forever remain on Canine Healing Project. She showed us the incredible impact a once-overlooked shelter dog can have when given love, purpose, and a chance to shine. Nessie’s legacy is the reason we continue our mission today — to give overlooked, forgotten, and at-risk dogs their second chance and help them discover their purpose. She wasn’t just the Queen of Noble Dog Hotel. She was the Queen of CHP. Thank you for finding your way to us, Nessie. Thank you for changing us. Thank you for showing the world that rescue dogs are capable of extraordinary things. You were one of a kind, and you always will be. ❤️
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