Pug a mamey sapote

[FrankDrebinOfFruits]

I have a grafted mamey sapote that does sporadically well. Its getting tall and leggy. Is it safe to pug it to keep it short?

[Treees]

I have read that with periodic pruning you can keep it to around 12 feet tall, so I tipped mine at about two feet from ground, which induced four branches, then tipped those at 1.5 ft or so, each producing two or three branches.  The tree has not fruited yet, it looks happy and I see two flowers developing on the thickest part of the trunk.

[FrankDrebinOfFruits]

Thanks!

Sweet. Just wanted to make sure I wasn't gonna kill it by chopping the top....

Here goes.

[Treees]

I should have mentioned that I left few leaves for safety when I cut the top off, i.e. cut above few leaves.  Did not try to completely decapitate to a bare stump as one would with mango when pugging.  Perhaps others could chime on their experiences too.