Ohio Laws regarding animal cruelty/neglect

Our job is to uphold the laws in Ohio regarding the care and treatment of animals. The Ohio law regarding animal cruelty is Ohio Revised Code 959.131. It states:
(B) No person shall knowingly torture, torment, needlessly mutilate or maim, cruelly beat, poison, needlessly kill, or commit an act of cruelty against a companion animal.
(C) No person who confines or who is the custodian or caretaker of a companion animal shall negligently do any of the following:
(1) Torture, torment, needlessly mutilate or maim, cruelly beat, poison, needlessly kill, or commit an act of cruelty against the companion animal;
(2) Deprive the companion animal of necessary sustenance, confine the companion animal without supplying it during the confinement with sufficient quantities of good, wholesome food and water, or impound or confine the companion animal without affording it, during the impoundment or confinement, with access to shelter from heat, cold, wind, rain, snow, or excessive direct sunlight, if it can reasonably be expected that the companion animal would become sick or suffer in any other way as a result of or due to the deprivation, confinement, or impoundment or confinement in any of those specified manners.
Our job is to enforce this law to the best of our abilities. When we respond to a complaint we are looking for specific things. These are: Clean water in a nontippable water source, a sturdy doghouse with four sides, complete floor and a roof with bedding (straw, cedar chips) inside. Food does not need to be present, but we do examine the animal's body condition. The area around the animal needs to be free of debris and clean.
We consider an animal healthy when we see no visible signs of hip bones, spine and ribs. A glossy coat is also a good sign. There should be no heavy flea infestestion.
If an animal is thin we inquire whether there are health reasons for the condition. If none exist, then we as about types of food. Any type of dollar general, generic or store brand food does not typically put weight on an animal. It's mostly a filler based food, containing little to no protein or any other necessary nutrients.
We do realize that there are many things that people feel are unacceptable, and we do as well. However, just because it's not the way you or I may keep our pets does not mean that the owner is in violation of Ohio laws.
While Ohio's laws regarding animals are lax compared to other states, we are enforcing the law the best we can.