The dog cant hang on the fireworks,shakin like a leaf...How do I calm him down

My Black Lab hates the fireworks, she barks at all of them 

We have to give her sleepy cheese to calm her down 

Sleepy cheese = a slice of cheese with a Tylenol PM 

I got him in one of the bedrooms with a towel over his head/body after I gave him a cocktail...or two

 Little Leo was running back and forth in the yard chasing the noises/lights and growling.  He wore himself out and is crashed out on his pillow now.   


 Oops, one more just went off and he took off out the back door, growling. 

If its just a 4th of july thing, drugs are a quick way to solve the problem but is of course temporary. Be careful with dose as size (of your dog)  matters!  If you want a longer term solution, you will need to start a program of positive reinforcement around noise stimulation or better yet, see a pro trainer.
If your dogs temperament is off, you may not be able to train out of the responses you are seeing.   4th is a disaster here in Phx as most of the pounds are overwhelmed with dogs who bail from overstimulation (fireworks).

fwiw-, I had a dobie that could care less about fireworks going off, but God forbid you let off a round near him (unless you were me or my wife). You could have called him "arm be gone".

I miss that dog