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

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which belonged to former

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and former U.S. First Lady Laura Bush. 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,

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. Miss Beazley's mother, Blackwatch Elizabeth, was bred by dog breeder Patricia Gilmore of

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. Gilmore would also breed 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,

, 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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