We've had to start closing our bedroom door at night to get some sleep otherwise it's a cat circus all night long. Since then Decker has learned to reach up to the door knob and swat it or try to turn it. He does this at the crack of dawn every morning and we are tired of getting woke up by this startling sound. Sometimes in my sleepy state I think someone is breaking in. He doesn't just hit it once or twice, he swats and turns it a dozen or more times with each attack and he will keep doing it till he gets his breakfast. I don't feed them until around 8-9 am so he drives us crazy for a long time.

What can we do to stop this? We've tried putting a large loud floor fan at the door thinking the wind and noise will keep the cats away but Decker doesn't care, he will stand in front of it anyway. I don't know what else to do. Richard had a rough night last night and when he finally was sleeping well Decker started that racket. I just talked to him at work and he's still fuming over it. Help!

Also, I don't have any where to shut Decker up for the night so I need ideas on breaking the door knob swatting habit.