I te Oketopa, i te 14 o ona tau, ka neke a Douglas ki te whare o Missy Parton i West Des Moines, Iowa, ki te whakangungu i raro i a Liang Chow, te kaiako o mua o te 2007 World Champion
Ko Shawn Johnson te toa mētara koura o te 2008 Summer Olympics. Ahakoa ko te kaiako o Douglas o mua, ko Walker, i kii i te tau 2012 e whakapono ana ia ka taea e Douglas te haere ki nga Orimipia mena i noho ia ki Virginia Beach, i kii a Douglas, "He mea i pa ki taku mahunga e kii ana, mena e hiahia ana ahau kia puta tenei me whai whakangungu pai ake ahau. " Ko te nekehanga o Douglas ki Iowa i te wa i tono a Walker ki a Chow ki te whakaako i tetahi whare haumanu i tana whare takaro, Excalibur. I tino miharo a Douglas i te wa i taea ai e Chow te whakaako ia ki te mahi i te Amanar i te ahiahi kotahi. I whakaarohia e Douglas te neke ki Texas ki te whakangungu me tetahi kaiako rongonui i reira, engari i muri i te kore o taua kaiako ki te whakangungu i a ia na te pono ki a Walker, ka kowhiria e Douglas a Chow. I te tīmatanga he ruarua te whakaaro o Chow, i te mea ko Douglas anake tētahi o nga rau tamariki i te whare haumanu i Virginia Beach. Heoi, i muri mai ka korero a Chow ki nga kaiako Excalibur a Douglas kua whakaae ia ki te whakangungu i a ia, engari i kii ia kaore ia i whakauruhia ki a ia, me te kii, "Kaore au e whakauruhia tetahi ki taku kaupapa". I muri mai, i mate a Douglas i te taumahatanga o te hamstring me te whara o te hip flexor i te Hurae. Kaore i taea e ia te mahi nui i tenei wa, engari na tenei i taea ai e ia te whakapai ake i ona pukenga o te paari.