The signed contract says you get paid for your time. Let the no-show try to claim otherwise.

Moving to employment and labor, so you get better answers.

The time to have sought counsel was BEFORE you went to court. Someone who could show, "They are registered solely to me also by UKC, their...

You clearly know how to retain counsel. Do so again for this lawsuit. No one here is going to contact you.

He is trespassing period deal with him accordingly period

You can discuss a claim for the infliction of emotional distress with an attorney, but I doubt it will get far.

What "rights" do you think you have? You have no right to exercise any control over this property. You can notify animal control, the police, ...

1. Moving to debt collection, as that is what this purports to be. 2. It is a blatant scam. Treat it as such.

I presume there were no vet costs, as the cat passed before getting it to one. The attack should have been immediately reported to both Animal...

The glaringly obvious answer is to notify Animal Control of the abuse.