animal companion skill ranks

[Eigengrau]

I think I've been doing skill ranks for a 6th level companion wrong. The chart lists that I've got 6 total skill ranks at this level. What I've been doing is dividing up those 6 ranks into skills. Basically I've got 4 skills with a grand total of 6 skill points not 6 ranks in each but total. Should I have been able to put 6 ranks into each skill my companion knows?

[BigNorseWolf]

Nope. Its six skill ranks total. To either

six in acrobatics

or

1 rank in acrobatics 1 rank in survival 1 rank in intimidate 1 rank in fly 1 rank in climb 1 rank in swim

The latter one is usually a better option, as it gets the critter the +3 from trained skills.