Only observation here, not a vet here but, other animals do not get the same symptoms as humans in fact deer are virtually immune to Lyme disease. Lyme disease in dogs tends to make them tired and listless. I’m sure they have sore joints too. Antibiotics clear up the disease better for dogs, if they can tolerate them, than humans.
Since no one paid attention when Putin said it, he trots out his stooge to say it.