Tick born diseases

Hello vets, My area in the northeast United States has been a very mild winter this year. I unfortunately found, and totally removed, 2 ticks, I found on our dog Monday. No clue what kind of tick it was, just know it was smaller and light brown(in case that info is prudent). Tuesday he already had a vet appt for this annual exam, vaccinations and 2 week post op check from his neutering. I of course told our vet about the tick bites and she is having us come back in just under 4 weeks for a blood draw to make sure he didn't get any tick born diseases. My question is, besides Lyme disease, which he was vaccinated last year for and then again on Tuesday, what other disease(s)/issue(s) do we need to be concerned it could cause and general course of treatment for them? I unfortunately didn't think about asking our vet as our dog doesn't like the vets office at all and was very skittish so I just wanted to remove him before he got too overwhelmed and our vets office hasn't responded to my call requesting to speak to someone. TIA

Hello!   I'm sorry to hear that your dog isn't a fan of the vets.  Sometimes it helps to jot down questions before you go, but sometimes you just don't know what questions are going to come up, and more occur to you when you are mulling something over.  Your vet may be used to this; it can sometimes help to turn up for an appointment without your pet when you need to talk things through without distractions (always check first), or ask if you can leave your dog in a separate room e.g. with a nurse for a few minutes, dog-depending. We get only a small handful of different tick diseases here.  The American Kennel-Club website lists the following: Lyme disease, Ehrlichiosis, Anaplasmosis, Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, Babesiosis, Bartonellosis, and Hepatozoonosis. They do try to split these diseases into regional locations, although I'm in no position to tell you how current that information may be.  The quickest way to know the realities of tick disease near you (tick incidence certainly varies, even across the span of England, at this time) would be to return to your vet.  In the UK, pharmacysts are trained to give advice about many different antiparasiticides but I'm afraid I don't know the situation in the various States.  I hope that something here is useful.