Fireworks suck. My dog hates them and spends the entire night tucked away in the quietest closet he can find. Making him a soundproof area would be nice instead of having him kick half my shoes out and pull shirts off hangers. Since I'll be moving a couple times in the next few years, portable is ideal. Does anyone have any idea how to soundproof a crate? The couple examples I found online are far too expensive. My dad is handy with electrical stuff, so he could set up fans for ventilation. I could make (or beg a relative with a sewing machine to make) a thick crate cover (maybe out of sound reducing curtains?) with a layer of soundproofing material (foam? car mat?) in the middle and a clear panel on the front to keep an eye on him. Any ideas?
He would run up to my daughter's bedroom and wedge himself between her bunk bed and closet. It's where he felt the most secure and comfortable so we let him be and always stayed home on a holiday with fireworks or, if possible, a bad thunderstorm. We tried everything except sedative meds because he was already on a lot of medicine for an autoimmune illness. Besides he could predict a storm before it happened, something in the barometric pressure - he was my weatherman. 
