<human>: Can you condense the text into a few key points?

last year was the first year we lived in an area where there were a lot of nearby fireworks, and my dog was in a panic for 3 days (they set off their leftovers on the 5th as well). my dog has developed what seems to be an anxiety disorder after going through a few traumatic moves. he's always been on the sensitive side and the airplane was quite traumatic for him. we have been treating him with amitriptyline (one of the older tricyclic antidepressants which seems to help particularly with anxiety), but he'd been doing so well and seemed settled in so i thought maybe he didn't need it anymore. that didn't work out at all (nowhere near as bad as when we first moved, but not good), so i'm picking up more today, and hopefully there will be enough in his system by the 4th to help with that. i also have valium for him which helps as well. but i'm wondering what else i can do to minimize his experience of the noise. my ideas are to close up all the windows and play some soothing music loudly. also, there is something i did once before that i would think would have to dampen his hearing - once i used an ace bandage and wrapped his head so that his ears (he has the pointy shephard type) were pinned down and covered. i did this to keep the foxtails from getting in his ears, but i would think it would help, am i correct?

and i would love to hear any other ideas i haven't thought of. thanks.
<bot>: my dog panics around fireworks and we now live in a city where a lot go off nearby. what can i do to minimize his anxiety?