Pretty much every Christmas romance movie I have seen that features dogs has been terrible. Actually, they are worse than terrible. I would like My Christmas Guide to be better but I’m not very hopeful.

Trevor (Ben Mehl) is a blind college professor with a young daughter, Annie (Ava Weiss). Peyton (Amber Marshall) trains guide dogs. When she sees dog-less Trevor picking Annie up from school one day, Peyton makes it her mission to get Trevor a guide dog.

I am not seeing impaired nor do I know anyone who is. So my opinion on a lot of this doesn’t count for much. I thought it was awfully presumptuous of Peyton to just assume that Trevor wants or needs a guide dog. To the point that she didn’t actually stop and talk to him. No, she left paperwork at Annie’s school saying something like “Hey, you know that kid with the blind dad? Can you give this to her?” What the hell, lady.

As I said, I can’t speak on whether the guide dog parts are accurate but I can speak about the romance. For most of the movie, Peyton has an awful boyfriend named Chad (Justin Nurse). Chad is such an awful person that I have no idea how Peyton stayed with him for ten months. (Yes, they say they have been together for TEN MONTHS.) While we do get to see the romance blossoming between Trevor and Peyton, I would have really liked it if Chad didn’t exist at all. Peyton is a strong woman that owns her own business. Why did we have to give her a boyfriend that demeans and ignores her at every opportunity? He’s completely unnecessary.

Thankfully, My Christmas Guide wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be. It’s actually something I would probably watch again.

Rating: Can I get one of those puppies?