Out of control dogs off lead, what can i do?

A few times when ive been walking my dog in the local woods I have come across an elderly man with 2 springer spaniels, my dog has been attacked by other male dogs a few times when he was younger and so is nervous around male dogs. Hes not aggressive but he is reactive if he feels threatened and cant get away from them. For this reason i keep him on the lead around other dogs unless i know its a dog he gets on well with. Every time i see them the dogs run towards my dog growling and barking in his face, they wont leave us alone no matter how far away i try to keep or if i try to move away. Its hard for me to try to keep them away as my dog is quite big, there is 2 of them and i also wear my baby in a carrier as i walk him. The man doesnt seem very stable on his feet and does nothing to stop them. Ive asked him to get his dogs and he just shouts at them and they continue to run around. Im scared that they will attack my dog, especially as hes on the lead and cant defend himself and i also cant do much as i have the baby, im also scared ill trip trying to get away from them and hurt my baby. I feel he should keep them on the lead since he cant control them. Is there anyone i can report him to or anything I can do?

 

Thanks for your replies! Some great suggestions here, ive thought about taking my dogs ball thrower to try to bat them away with, I love dogs and would obviously rather not have to smack someones dogs but feel there is not much choice sometimes. I may give it a go. I do tend to go at different times and try to avoid him, if i see him i try to either turn around or take a different path but if the dogs see us they come running over and are much faster then me. The fleas thing is a great (and hilarious) idea! Ill definitely use it on other dogs in the future but not sure it would work with this man as he is never even near enough to them to grab them. I suppose for now ill have to just keep trying to avoid them, il take the ball thrower to hit them with if they do keep coming over and once lockdown is over ill report it to the dog warden.

 

I would only do it as a last resort if they wont leave us alone. There is nothing else i can do, i try to avoid and walk away but they just chase us. I have tried calling out for him to get them away or put them on the lead, he doesnt even have leads with him and he doesnt respond to me he just shouts at the dogs and carries on. I cant really get close enough to talk to him and I dont have time to go out searching the woods for him without my dog. I try to be understanding because hes old but i think its just rude and careless of him at this point and if he cant control them he shouldn’t take them out!