But last year wan't successful for this coin it failed to achieve this new level as you are 100% sure about this. Now we have been entered into new year so if the whole ecosystem will move in positive than DOGE will perform really nice.
Think there was too much speculation at the start of the year due to it being the year of the DOG(e), some whales who bought low dumped into the buy frenzy and fizzled it out (coupled with a drop in BTC price) - the coin has done pretty well since then to hold and gain value in BTC terms - most coins I have got nowhere near that level