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 | It does sound like displaced aggression due to frustration and perhaps anxiety.
What's his level of training?
Can you engage him actively next time you see a risk situation coming?
As in, you see a new dog approaching, get him actively doing a command for you and treat/reward him.
I know this will take a lot of coordination, (probably more than I have, most days!) with two dogs at once, plus the distraction of the oncoming third dog, but it's worth trying.
If that feels too much, I'd try the same thing, while walking him alone. Just train, train, train on approaching dogs, reward for every good thing, even for an honest "try."
Then bump up the difficulty level to working the two dogs on a walk together.
Good luck!
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