An Unusually Short Walk

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This morning, when I took Sophie for her walk, she started off with her normal enthusiasm. As we approached the second intersection up the road, she started urgently sniffing at something on the ground unseen by human eyes. I have no idea what it was, but she refused to go any farther in that direction and turned toward home, pulling with vigor. Halfway back, she calmed down. After she calmed down, I decided we would walk to the other end of the street. She seemed fine with doing so. Fine until we crossed the creek at the end of our property. There, she repeated what had occurred earlier. Again, she turned toward the house and pulled vigorously. At the driveway, she turned and pulled toward the house. Sophie seemed fine once we were inside. She took her treat. We played with one of her favorite toys. When she tired, I made coffee and breakfast while she watched. Now, she's sitting at my feet. I'll never know what stopped her on our walk this morning, but she had her reasons. Have you ever had a pet that behaved in an unusual way, but you trusted it has your best interest at heart when it did?