Apex domains cannot have CNAME records.
Question and response
Question
dig doglying.com. NS
Answer
doglying.com. 5 NS ns1.staceyboard.com.
doglying.com. 5 NS ns2.staceyboard.com.
Authority
The response has no authority records.
Additional
ns1.staceyboard.com. 5 A 157.173.110.185
ns2.staceyboard.com. 5 A 157.173.110.185
. 0 OPT ; payload 1232, xrcode 0, version 0, flags 0