I liked doge and am a proud but sad bag holder.  Unfortunately, I don't think anyone is coming to save it.  Allowing merged mining with Litecoin wont help it as all that will happen is people will dump their merge mined doge.  It still has a decent community, but that community is no longer growing and with Too Many Coins and No Limit Ever I just don't see a catalyst to move it back up in a dramatic fashion. 

But I very much hope I am wrong.