Cat at the bedroom door? How to save your sleep

Time for breakfast? If you want to stop your cat from begging for food in the morning, you should first get out of the habit of feeding it immediately after getting up. — HORST OSSINGER/dpa

Once the humans have gone to bed, many cats are ready to go on the prowl. But when kitty wants to play and you want to sleep, there’s only one surefire solution: closing the bedroom door.

But some cats won’t take the hint and instead loudly complain at your door all night or wake you up early for breakfast. What can a cat owner do about it?