People are waving their dogs at you and your daughter? Your angry feelings must be palpable to them and their trying to cheer you up.
How is that something I should need to do?
If I walked around brandishing a weapon and you had to put yourself between me and your daughter, you'd be OK with that?
You should also have your daughter walk on the non-street side of the sidewalk in case a car jumps the curb. Is that something your should need to do? Its life.