Sounds like the OP did try to talk to the owner, at least enough to ask his name. There are times when talking to someone does work. I'm not convinced this would be one of them. There are very few towns today that don't have leash laws. The dogs' owner had to know he was in violation of those laws and didn't care.
I don't know if the dogs were running to say hello to the new people, just running and having fun or were trying to protect their owner. I do know it frightened the OP. I would guess that it will take an authority figure to convince this gentleman that his dogs need to be on a lead except at a dog park. Sometimes the only thing that works is threat of a fine or worse.
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