Lynnie, my Dane is quite the Princess, very spoiled, now that she is the only dog on the premises. She loves being an "only child".
Cherrio, they certainly do. And today when my DN across the street came home from tennis, Heidi let me know he was home. She barked and carried on. I looked out to see him at his mailbox waving at her and saying hi. Too funny. I'm sure she wanted to go over and say hi closeup.