Be very careful about going to let her out and trying to calm her down and doing all these different things because the behaviour will become learned just to get attention. Yes, dogs will even make out they are nervous if it works and will whine, tremble and act in the same way they did when they were genuinely nervous because it gets you fussing round them. Dogs will even pretend they are ill after they have actually been ill to get the extra attention and will refuse food and even throw up even when there is nothing wrong with them. It's surprising what they'll do to have you smother them with attention.
It is common also for dogs to pretend they need the loo just to make their owners get up to let them out of the door and then they'll bark and scratch to come back in again...lol.
Your dog might already be having you on and just felt anxious one evening because of something she heard that you didn't or whatever and when you fussed around her, she realised that this behaviour was rewarding and so has repeated it on purpose.
As was said above, just provide a safe haven for her to retire to if she feels like this for a genuine reason but never reward the behaviour by giving her more attention than usual.
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