Miss Beazley Bush (October 28, 2004 – May 17, 2014) was a

Scottish Terrier The Scottish Terrier (; also known as the Aberdeen Terrier), popularly called the Scottie, is a dog breed, breed of dog. Initially one of the highland breeds of terrier that were grouped under the name of ''Skye Terrier'', it is one of five br ...

which belonged to former

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and former

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. Miss Beazley's father, a Scottish terrier named Clinton, was born on November 7, 2000. Clinton was the half-brother of the Bushes' first Scottish terrier, Barney. Miss Beazley's mother, Blackwatch Elizabeth, was bred by dog breeder Patricia Gilmore of

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. Gilmore also bred Miss Beazley, a

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Scottish terrier who was born in 2004. Miss Beazley was adopted as a birthday present from President Bush to First Lady Laura Bush. She moved into the

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as a ten-week-old puppy on January 6, 2005, shortly before the beginning of President Bush's second term in office. The First Lady and her daughters Barbara and

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named their new dog after a character from Oliver Butterworth's 1956 children's book, ''The Enormous Egg''. Miss Beazley and the Bushes' first Scottish Terrier, Barney, became well known

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. In 2005, Miss Beazley and Barney were featured in the White House Christmas video, ''A Very Beazley Christmas'', for her first holiday in the White House. Miss Beazley continued to live in

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with the former presidential family until her death on May 17, 2014, from

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. Barney and Miss Beazley are honored with a bronze sculpture at the

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