Cost-Plus Under a cost-plus arrangement, the owner agrees to pay the contractor the actual costs of construction of the project plus a predetermined fee, which may be in the form of a stipulated amount or a percentage of the construction costs.
How often a horse needs to see a farrier will vary from horse to horse. I find that with my miniature Shetland ponies the farrier needs to come out about every 10-12 weeks depending on the state of the hooves.
Both Olson and Forney-Eide stated there was a shortage of good farriers in a wide area of the Midwest. They both said programs like theirs are helping horse owners take better care of their animals. There are horse owners like Ken Prussa of Crofton, Neb., who prefer do their own shoeing.