How to Convert a Set of JSON Objects to C# List

I have a JSON file that looks something like this:

{
    "foo": "bar",
    "pets": {
        "dog": {
            "name": "spot",
            "age": "3"
        },
        "cat": {
            "name": "wendy",
            "age": "2"
        }
    }
}

I would like to Deserialize this into a C# class:

public class PetObject
{
    [JsonProperty("name")]
    public string Name { get; set; }

    [JsonProperty("age")]
    public string Age { get; set; }
}

public class FooObject
{
    [JsonProperty("foo")]
    public string Foo { get; set; }

    [JsonProperty("pets")]
    public List<PetObject> Pets { get; set; }
}

Using some code like this to convert does not work since pets has multiple objects inside it, and is not a JSON Array.

//does not work
FooObject content = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<FooObject>(json);

Here is the Exception:

Newtonsoft.Json.JsonSerializationException
  HResult=0x80131500
  Message=Cannot deserialize the current JSON object (e.g. {"name":"value"}) into type 'System.Collections.Generic.List`1[Test.PetObject]' because the type requires a JSON array (e.g. [1,2,3]) to deserialize correctly.
To fix this error either change the JSON to a JSON array (e.g. [1,2,3]) or change the deserialized type so that it is a normal .NET type (e.g. not a primitive type like integer, not a collection type like an array or List<T>) that can be deserialized from a JSON object. JsonObjectAttribute can also be added to the type to force it to deserialize from a JSON object.
Path 'pets.dog', line 4, position 10.

Is there a way to convert the objects inside the pets object into an array of objects? (Outside of just editing the JSON itself before passing it to the DeserializeObject method)

This is badly constructed json. However, you can deserialize it using the JsonProperty attribute as follows:

class Program
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        string json = "{\"foo\": \"bar\",\"pets\": {\"dog\": {\"name\": \"spot\",\"age\": \"3\"},\"cat\": {\"name\": \"wendy\",\"age\": \"2\"}}}";
        Foo content = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<Foo>(json);

        Console.Read();
    }
}

public class PetObject
{
   [JsonProperty("name")]
    public string Name { get; set; }

    [JsonProperty("age")]
    public string Age { get; set; }
}

public class Foo
{
    [JsonProperty("foo")]
    public string FooStr { get; set; }

    [JsonProperty("pets")]
    public Dictionary<string, PetObject> Pets { get; set; }
}