[1] Miss Beazley's mother, Blackwatch Elizabeth, was bred by dog breeder Patricia Gilmore of Livingston, New Jersey.
[2][3] 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.
[1][2] 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.
[1] Miss Beazley and the Bushes' first Scottish Terrier, Barney, became well known United States presidential pets.
[2][5][3] Barney and Miss Beazley are honored with a bronze sculpture at the George W. Bush Presidential Center.