This is a frustrating topic for me. Me and my friend were attacked by dogs as children and I still have a deep seeded fear of them (I'm mostly okay around them

This is a frustrating topic for me. Me and my friend were attacked by dogs as children and I still have a deep seeded fear of them (I'm mostly okay around them now). And then my own child had a bad experience with an "emotional support dog" at a young age, and is still deathly afraid of all dogs. So I take this issue a bit more personally because I still get actively traumatized by dogs. But society has decided I don't get a choice in the matter so I was just forced to suck it up. Just try to telling an American in 2024 you don't like being around dogs. Even I will still grant that some people really need them, but I think that arguing there should be no standard is selfish. When we are talking about "service animal" status, we are supposed to be talking about animals getting certified to get special exemptions to go to places other animals are not because the animal's behavior was certified. For some reason it got twisted to certify the needs of the owner. I don't care if you do or do not need a pet alligator for support, but if I am going to sit next to it on a plane, I want to see it's certificate, not yours. There is a strong need for a nation/international governing body with clear requirements. Once that is in place, we can work on providing cheaper, non-profit, or even insurance-covered options to comply. Unfortunately it's a wild west out there, where people are just exploiting the actual disabled in order to sneak their 80lb pitbull into an Airbnb without having to pay for it.