From I-29, take the 13th Avenue South exit and head west about half a mile. We’re on the south side between 44th and 45th Street, the low brick building with the red EMERGENCY sign lit all night.
OPEN 24/7 • Doctor on site
Emergency care.
Every hour.
Call us from the car
(701) 555-0119⌖ 4410 13th Avenue South, Suite 100, Fargo
Turn left on 45th Street South, then right into our lot. Six EMERGENCY spaces at the door under the canopy, more parking behind.
Pull under the canopy and stay in the car. If you called ahead, we’re watching for you and come out with a stretcher.
Come now for these signs
Trouble breathing
Collapse or can’t stand
A seizure longer than 3 minutes
Hit by a car or a bad fall
Heavy bleeding
A swollen, tight belly with retching
A male cat straining with little or no urine
A toxin eaten in the last two hours
WHAT HAPPENS NEXT
Clear care in a hard moment.
Within minutes, a triage nurse checks breathing, gums, heart rate, temperature, and pain. We’ll tell you plainly what comes next.
How triage works →
NO SURPRISES
Written estimates before treatment.
We stabilize what cannot wait. Then the doctor explains what they found and gives you a written low-to-high estimate before further treatment starts.
Estimates & payment →AFTER THE EMERGENCY
Your family vet gets everything.
We ask for your family vet at check-in. When your pet goes home, they receive the full record, including the exam, lab results, x-ray images, medications, and home-care instructions, by 8:00am the next business day, usually sooner.
If your pet stays with us, our doctor calls during office hours. Rechecks and stitches out happen with your family vet, not here. No family vet? We will give you a list of nearby clinics taking new patients.
How we work with family vets →READY WHEN THEY NEED US
What’s in the building.
Everything here has one job: help a dog or cat who cannot wait.
Emergency surgery
A dedicated surgery suite for urgent operations.
Intensive care
Oxygen kennels and continuous overnight monitoring.
Fast answers
In-house blood results in about 20 minutes, plus digital x-ray and ultrasound.
Transfusion support
Blood transfusions when a pet needs them most.
Here all night
A doctor and at least two nurses in the building every hour.
WHY WE OPENED
“The Red River Valley needed a doctor in the building at every hour.”
Dr. Solveig Brandvold, DVM, DACVECC, is board certified in emergency and critical care. After nine years on overnight shifts in Minneapolis, she opened Lanternfield in 2019 to make that promise real here.
Meet Dr. Brandvold and the team →
FROM FAMILIES WE’VE HELPED
What it felt like to be here.
“I called from the car crossing the river from Moorhead. They met us at the door with a stretcher, and our lab was in surgery for bloat forty minutes later.”
Brent O., Moorhead
“We waited three hours with a cat with a cut paw, and I was annoyed until a nurse told me the dog who came in after us had been hit by a car. Fair enough.”
Lisa K., West Fargo
“They gave us two estimates and never made us feel bad for choosing the smaller one. Our regular vet had the x-rays before we woke up.”
Jared and Amy S., Horace
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