This article explores forms of haptic sociality in interspecies interaction. Data examined are taken from a corpus of equine assisted therapy sessions, in Finland and France. During these sessions, therapists invite clients to pay close attention to the horse’s behavioral displays of comfort or discomfort and to react accordingly. In this way, the horse is regarded as a living, sentient creature, whose body has haptic and kinesthetic properties, resulting in socialization practices that cultivate forms of care. The study discusses Merleau-Ponty’s concept of “esthesiologic body”, in light of analytical instances, draws on contemporary re-examinations of phenomenological notions (such as intersubjectivity and intercorporeality) by ethnomethodologists and analysts of social interaction, and proposes to respecify them in the particular context of human–animal interactions. The argument is inspired by a conversation analytic approach, sensitive to the orderly character of social actions. Two formats, displaying diverse ways in which participants interact with the horse as an esthesiologic body, are examined in detail. The analysis shows the fundamental role played by touch and haptic practices in the practical accomplishment of intercorporeality.

本文探讨了种间互动中触觉社会性的形式。检查的数据来自芬兰和法国的马科辅助治疗课程的语料库。在这些课程中，治疗师会邀请客户密切注意马匹表现出舒适或不适的行为，并做出相应的反应。通过这种方式，马被视为一种有生命的、有感知力的生物，它的身体具有触觉和动觉特性，从而产生了培养关怀形式的社会化实践。该研究根据分析实例讨论了梅洛-庞蒂的“美学身体”概念，借鉴了民族方法学家和社会互动分析家对现象学概念（如主体间性和身体间性）的当代重新审视，并建议在人与动物相互作用的特定背景下重新指定它们。该论点受到对话分析方法的启发，对社会行为的有序特征敏感。两种形式，展示参与者与马互动的不同方式esthesiologic身体，详细检查。分析表明触觉和触觉实践在身体间性的实际成就中发挥的基础作用。