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My problem child Jackie is about 52-55 lbs. She's an adopted orphan. I met her mom and she was definitely a Lab, he sire was a kangaroo, or maybe a terrier.

She has jumpitis. She jumps when she is happy, she jumps when she has to go out. She jumps before she gets a drink, she jumps before sitting when I give her a command.

The happier she is the more she jumps. It is straight up, Jack Russel style.

When she wants attention she runs and bounces off me. A 55 lb dog doing this can be pretty potent. I have tried every method known to man to break her but they won't take. It's just Jackie.

We have practiced COME/SIT a million times and she comes and she jumps straight up before her fanny goes into the sit.

She also is a pincher. Not to be confused with a pinscher.

She will snug in for a pat and bury her head in a body curve and pinch with her front teeth. It's just a love bite but it can sure hurt.

One day I was standing at the kitchen sink washing dishes and she pinched me in the behind. I was grateful that I had jeans on it could have really been painful.

She is sweet as a peach but she has her peculiarities.

Friend of mine had a pit bull named Daz.
Daz was what should have been fatally stupid.
He jumped like you described.
Only he'd do that under anything whether it was solid or not.
Listening to Daz thud his noggin on teh underside of a table was full time entertainment.
To get him to do it, you merely had to look at him and he'd get excited.
"Oh boy! Oh boy! People! people! People! people!"
(Underscored with "thud, thud, thud, thud." of course.)

To get him to stop, you merely had to look away.

My cat does the love nip thing.
I'm the only person she does that to.
She nails me on the achilles tendon as if she's legging a deer.