Animal Companions and Combat Maneuvers

[Gummy Bear]

If my companion knows the appropriate trick to trip a foe, can it be instructed to trip as part of a full attack?

This would be for PFS, so give me the RAWest RAW of the RAW you have!

[Fuzzy-Wuzzy]

What "appropriate trick to trip a foe" are you talking about? AFAIK there aren't tricks for combat maneuvers, they're just attack modes.

[ckdragons]

Pick an animal companion that already has trip as part of the attack action (wolf), then you can use the Attack combat trick.

[Gummy Bear]

There is a "maneuver" trick that was published with Ultimate Wilderness (iirc), that allows you to command the companion to perform a specific combat maneuver.

I would normally consider a different companion, but I am trying my hardest to make a mean Grizzly Bear! Following up a trip with the rest of the full attack would be nice.

[Darrell Impey UK]

Ordering a companion to perform a trick that they know is a free action, so there shouldn't be anything wrong, in my opinion, with shouting "trip", and then "attack"...

[Hawkson]

So do these "maneuver" tricks provoke AOO's???

[Quixote]

I mean, they're combat maneuvers, aren't they? So unless you've got the feats for it, they provoke.

Me, I'd be looking for ways to amp up the grizzly's grab; it's built into their attacks and they're pretty good at it as-is. Great way to shut down tough opponents you don't want running around.