LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WHAS11) – It’s a route he’s taken hundreds of times.

The scars are slowly healing after Bruce, a Portland area mail carrier, was attacked by a pit bull Monday afternoon.

“If it was a child, it would’ve been pretty worse. Then he grabbed my hand that I had my mace with and bit my hand with the mace as well,” he said.

The U.S. Postal Service said Bruce was armed with dog spray during the attack, but the pit bull was too aggressive. More