Peer’s service dog won’t stop whining

I’m a PhD student in a research-based discipline (meaning I work in a lab for much of the day). A fellow PhD student who also work in my office and lab space (but works for a different advisor) adopted a 1 year old dog to ‘train’ herself to be a service dog. I’m not 100% what the service dog is supposed to do; it’s theoretically a mobility dog because this person has some knee problems. She still goes on hikes and skis, so I don’t really understand the extent, but that’s not the main issue and I acknowledge I don’t fully know what her injury is and it’s not my business.

The issue is that she keeps the dog in the office while she’s in the separate lab space, and whenever she’s away, the dog whines CONSTANTLY. So for multiple hours a day in the office, this dog is whining. It’s distracting and annoying to deal with. She has a little remote she will give to someone in the office when she goes into lab and tells them to press the button whenever the dog whines, causing the dog’s collar to beep. This doesn’t feel like a good form of training for any dog, regardless of service dog or not.

I guess my question is, is this allowed? Is there nothing anyone can do to have her stop bringing the dog to work since she says it’s a service dog? From what I’ve read, service dogs need no formal certification or anything, so she’s basically able to put a vest on the dog and say it’s a service dog and bring the dog anywhere. I understand why this is the law and agree that people with disabilities already have to deal with enough, and I’d never complain if the dog just sat there quietly, but I just feel frustrated feeling like this person is able to just claim her dog is a service dog, bring the dog to the office, and let the dog whine ALL day. Should I go to my advisor about it? A dean? The disability office?

Also to reiterate, I know it’s none of my business what her mobility disability is and/or why she needs the service dog/what it does. But it just doesn’t seem reasonable to have a dog sit in the office crying all day and not be able to do or say anything.

Sorry for the long post, TIA.