Probably.
Yeah, cat bites (and scratches) are complete bitches for infection. Cats have bacteria in their mouth that don’t bother them, but aren’t great for us (I understand).
Back to the OP. Maybe someone gifted at math could give a guess on this. Figure a 10 lb cat can jump 6 ft. Figure out the force required to do that. Then figure about 1/2 that because front legs are not as strong as rears… Too much math for me brain is locking up…
Other thought, maybe someone with a high speed movie camera could slow this down, so it could be measured.
I had a caiman when I was a kid. He was much faster and squished the kitty’s paw once. The vet had to put him in a splint. Try holding a gator in one hand and tease it with the other. You will lose. A cat would lose.
CandyMan74 - what do you consider an “average” sized dog? This is key here.
We’ve always owned both dogs and cats, but we tend to own dogs on the smaller end of size, like cocker spaniels and corgis. Cats, when so inspired, will take them on with no hesitation. We too had a “jockey” cat who would lie in wait for our dog and jump on her back. Our dogs tended to only be aggressive towards the cats if they got too near the dog’s food dish.
I’d say a border collie is a medium sized dog. A german shepherd is a large dog. a cocker spaniel is a small dog. There are also tiny and enormous dogs, but I wasn’t really thinking about the extremes of the possible scale.