Ny goodness, most complaints are from people who CAN'T get this to grow ;-)

Is it in a constricted space? How small do you have to make it?

Pruning can be done anytime to suit, most prefer during dormancy, or at least late winter, so early spring growth can quickly heal the wounds.

There is no need to prune a dogwood. Is there a particular reason why you are pruning it?

Did you put a bunch of fertilizer on it that is causing it to put out lanky growth?

It's actually in front of large bay windows. I never expected it to get as big as it has. It's really starting to spread over a large area, blocking the windows and some other plantings. If I could figure out how to post a photo I would.

Then it was planted too close to the house. It may have to be removed.

Flickr and Photobucket are 2 free sites where you can upload a picture onto the web. Once you have uploaded it, post the properties of the photo here. Below is the property of a cornus fla. picture that is on the web:

http://www.bernheim.org/images/urbanTree/Cornus_florida-tree-BF.jpg

Yep, probably too close. Looks similar to the pic referenced. I may just start limbing it up in the fall/winter and see what happens. It certainly can't be relocated at this stage. Depending on what happens I may remove it and replace with something with a smaller growth habit.

Trying to attach a photo of the Dogwood from 2005. Imagine it 4x larger now.

Here is a link that might be useful: Dogwood

There are dwarf Dogwoods available if you want one there. If the one you have now is four times as large as it is in the picture, it may be time to consider removal. It looked about the right size in the picture for the rest of your landscape.

Limb it up some. Shorten some branches. (No stubs) Take a few out in the middle. Have fun with it! Keep in mind winter snow load. A Dogwood's twiggyness captures a heavy load, but makes for great layering. It's a balance.
Make your initial pruning decisions from inside the house so you can look or peek out a bit more.

Here are pics of the Dogwood at the present, approx 7 years old - 5 more than the previous pic. Another view: http://i720.photobucket.com/albums/ww201/dickwwv/Dogwood2.jpg

Here is a link that might be useful: {{gwi:377445}}

It's you tree, but I would have a hard time pruning it, as it looks great to me.

Arktrees

My post above still applies. Go for it!

Here is a link that might be useful: My garden