8 yr old Yorkie. Excellent health.. full physical by vet reveals no health issues. Problem: Afraid of fireworks and since the 4th of July has been waking up every 1.5 to 2 hours. She Bolts from the bed, barking frantically and demanding to be let outside. Once outside she patrols the parameter of the yard... no toileting... and returns to the house... only to repeat this process every 1.5 to 2 hours throughout the night.
What I've already tried: 1. Daily 2 hours walks. 2. Vigorous playtime in late afternoon, early evening (a further attempt to tire her out). 3. Crating at night. The crate worked great the first 3 nights and we thought we'd found the solution. But now she is back to her nighttime craziness. She howls and scratches in the crate. In desperation, I move the crate to the downstairs bathroom and shut the door at the first outbreak of the night. It's the only way our family can get any sleep.
I feel bad because I think she probably continues to cry and howl and scratch all night long.
I would appreciate ANY help in this matter.

Do you think this might help?

Nervous Dogs & Cats - Keep Your Pets Nerves Calm & Relaxed Naturally (http://www.nativeremedies.com/petalive/petcalm-nervous-dogs-cats.html?img=349&kbid=6725)

I will reffer you to this thread because I loved Altenwegs answer:

https://www.askmehelpdesk.com/dogs/ralph-golden-retriever-3-years-old-383124.html

Best thing you can do is just to make her think that there is nothing out there to be afraid of.

Take her out and play with her in the backyard, give her treats.

You may even want to take something like a basketball and bounce it on the ground and try to simulate that "fireworks noise" and show her that "Hey, it was just a ball silly"

Do you want her to sleep in her crate every night or are you only getting her to sleep in there because of the fireworks trouble?

If she sleeps in the crate every night the worst thing you can do is to let her out.
Yes, she probably will cry and carry on but just ignore her, or at most giver her a sharp "No, stop it"
If you let her out then she will think "oh well, if I cry, I get let out to guard the backyard"