Miss Beazley Explained

Miss Beazley
Species:Dog
Breed:purebred Scottish Terrier
Gender:Female
Birth Date:28 October 2004
Death Place:Texas, U.S.
Death Cause:Lymphoma
Nationality:United States
Known:Pet of the First Family of the United States
Owner:George W. Bush
Laura Bush
Parents:Blackwatch Elizabeth (dam)
Clinton (sire)

Miss Beazley Bush (October 28, 2004 – May 17, 2014) was a Scottish Terrier which belonged to former U.S. President George W. Bush and former U.S. First Lady Laura Bush.[1]

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 Livingston, New Jersey. Gilmore also bred Miss Beazley, a purebred Scottish terrier who was born in 2004.

Miss Beazley was adopted as a birthday present from President Bush to First Lady Laura Bush.[1] [2] She moved into the White House as a ten-week-old puppy on January 6, 2005, shortly before the beginning of President Bush's second term in office.[3] [1] The First Lady and her daughters Barbara and Jenna Bush named their new dog after a character from Oliver Butterworth's 1956 children's book, The Enormous Egg.[3]

Miss Beazley and the Bushes' first Scottish Terrier, Barney, became well known United States presidential pets.[1] 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.[4]

Miss Beazley continued to live in Texas with the former presidential family until her death on May 17, 2014, from lymphoma.[1] [5]

Barney and Miss Beazley are honored with a bronze sculpture at the George W. Bush Presidential Center.[6]

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Notes and References

  1. News: The President & Family Barney & Miss Beazley . . 2013-03-23 . 2013-04-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130430094939/http://www.georgewbushlibrary.smu.edu/The-President-and-Family/The-Bush-Family/Barney-and-Miss-Beazley-Biography.aspx . dead .
  2. News: Bush Family Dog, Miss Beazley, Dies After Lymphoma Battle. May 17, 2014. NBCNews.com. April 10, 2016.
  3. News: Miss Beazley, Outrunning The Newshounds . . 2005-01-07 . 2013-03-23.
  4. News: Reviewing the White House's 'Beazley Christmas' . . 2005-12-13 . 2013-03-23.
  5. News: Rachel. Weiner. George W. Bush's dog Barney dies . . 2013-02-01 . 2013-03-23.
  6. News: Laura Bush: New library is not 'a monument' to her husband . Holly . Bailey . . April 24, 2013 . April 24, 2013.