I actually saw a cat show once too.
my daughter worked for a place that trained animals for Hollywood movies. She actually helped with all the animals on the “We Bought a Zoo” set. She said of all the animals, house cats were the hardest to work with.
Allowing themselves to be trained is not a cat’s mission. They are too intelligent to allow that nonsense.
But when it’s a matter of survival in the wilderness, I think cats do better in the great outdoors than dogs or humans. We had a feral cat who was excellent at hunting rabbits — then we domesticated her so there was no need.
Cats are the zen masters of the animal race.