Bind a column from a ColumnSeries with its Label from CategoryAxis

I'm trying to build a ColumnSeries where instead of clustered bars I'd have just one item per 'group'. I'll try to give an example to illustrate the case:

- I have a collection with the items "Dog", "Cat, "Rat" and "Bird", each one with a (double)value that changes over time.

-I would like to plot a column chart, with the first bar being labeled as "Dog", second as "Cat", and so on. The bars must not be clustered.

-The chart will be updated given a refreshTimer, and it is possible to add new items to the chart, as well as changing or removing the existing ones.

My first approach was creating a generic ColumnSeries and add each of my items as ColumnItems. It worked at first, but when I had to implement the "Remove Item" operation, it became chaos as Labels from the CategoryAxis were not binded to the ColumnItem in any way. I tried to write a logic to solve the issue, but in the end, it failed. While trying this method, I did NOT set up the ItemSource of the CategoryAxis, instead I was adding and removing items from the ActualLabel manually.

On my second attempt, I'm trying to create a ColumnSeries for each of the items, but by doing so, I end up with 4 Labels ("Dog", "Cat", "Rat and "Bird"), each having a group of columns composed by another 4 columns, as each ColumnSeries has the same ItemSource holding all the Items I wanna plot. When I remove an Item, it removes the respective bar from each group, but does not remove its supposed Label (or group). This time, I had to set up the ItemSource from CategoryAxis (same ItemSource of the ColumnSeries), but I'm not sure if or how the bind works (for example, if I add an item to the collection of the ItemSource, will a new Label be created?).

If someone could guide me through a solution for this problem, I would highly appreciate. Thanks in advance.

PS: I can upload images if it helps understanding the case.