The dog had a broken leg and road rash. Plus, he was thin, so the cyclists surmised he'd been hit by a car some time earlier. They fed him and watered him from their own supplies, and talked about what to do from there. They couldn't get a car to this location - it was too remote. And they certainly couldn't leave the dog where they'd found him.
So Little put the dog on his back and cycled to the nearest town seven miles away. To stabilize the injured dog, he had to do some of the ride without using his hands.
They stopped at the town's bike shop to inquire about where to buy the dog some more food and water. Andrea Shaw, a Maine resident in Georgia for work, happened to be in the shop at the time. She had an instant connection to the dog and set about adopting him and caring for him. She found a vet, paid for the dog's care, and arranged for his transport to her farm in Maine. In honor of the place he was discovered, she named him Columbo and even started a Facebook page to document his adventures.
Columbo now has a forever home with Shaw, thanks to Little's willingness to piggyback him out of the woods.
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