Recent hypervocalization in Maine Coone senior

Question
Hi Norman! I have a 9 yr. old Maine Coone female, who is in good health.  Within the last 8 months or so, she has begun to hypervocalize in the morning hours until I get out of bed to feed her.  She vocalizes with a persistent low pitched, sometimes gutteral meow at the end of the hallway. Then when I get up she turns to a high pitched meow.  Throughout her life, she has always been a pretty quiet cat.  Knows her usual feeding times, etc, and would sometimes meow as I was preparing her food but would stop shortly after.  I recently took my dad's dog in to our home (shortly after is when my cat began this hypervocalization), they get along just fine.  The dog (a border collie) likes to chase her sometimes, but my cat reciprocates in play. It is pretty obvious to me that this is an attention-getting behavior that she has developed.  It is growing very bothersome, and seems to only be progressing.  My question is, what are some ways for me to attempt to modify her behavior? I have tried not reacting to it, and eventually began shutting the bedroom door until her normal feeding time when I get up...but these have only proven unsuccessful.  Can you give me any pointers?

Answer
Meredith,

She may be jealous of the dog.  Anyway, I have never found a way of controling the incessant loud vocalization some cats get into.  As long as she gets any kind of rise from you she will keep it up.  Cats are nothing if not persistent.

No one likes this as a solution, but it will work.  I would get a pair of the ear plugs that are used by airlines for first class passengers on trans-Oceanic flights.  These are comfortable and blot out virtually all the noise.  

She may, eventually (usually quite a while, weeks or months), give it up if she can no longer get any reaction from you.  I know of no other method that will give you peace.

Best regards... Norm.