I'll start.
We are not saying not to have national standards at all. We're saying it's complex and that if we were going to create these standards, we'd also have to know what jobs these dogs are doing. You can go to one service dog organization where you get a dog and you don't do any of the training at all. You get a dog that has technical skills and hopefully you develop a bond with it.
On the other hand, you can go to an organization where you train the dog itself. You can see the difference. One is about technical skills and one is about the human-animal connection plus the technical skills.
What are these standards for? Is it just the obedience part of the dog? Do we also want to do standards that talk about that connection with the dog and the mental health part of the organizations that are doing the training?
No, we absolutely need standards. We're not saying that. It is complex and we realize there is not one way these dogs are trained. The programs are so diverse in how they approach it.
I don't have the answer to that, but that has to be recognized.