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They take pruning good. just try to keep them in a semi pyramid shape, larger at bottom than top, dia. wise. You can lop them off at 10 foot and keep them there with constant pruning every year. Not too much hassle. I wish the previous owner of my house did that as mine are 50 foot high now and out of the question for me. I wouldn't cut them flat up the tree to the top from bottom on the fence side. Try to leave bottom a little larger if possible. You will learn as you go to how much you can take off from year to year. You really can't kill the tree, but you can make it look ugly. Just take off some this year and see what happens thru out the year as too how much grows back and next year adjust for that. You just don't want them to get too tall as they will be tough to get at, so height should be kept at bay. Hope that helps.
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