Contribution/Originality: This study is one of very few works which have investigated to evaluate the existing breeding practice and choice criteria of sheep farmers' in Ethiopia. This inquiry is important to design breeding strategies for improvement breeding practices and choice of traits chosen by farmers in the study districts. Jabarin, 2006;Thiruvenkadan et al., 2009). Smallholder sheep productions are the major source of food security serving a diverse role, including cash income, savings, fertilizer, socio-cultural functions and fiber yield. Sheep are