The new carpet may actually solve all your problems. Obviously he had an accident at the bottom of the stairs and continued to go where he smells he has gone before. Since you leave him out unattended if he does have an accident you may not know til it's already soaked down into the carpet and pad. ONce this happens the smell is almost impossible to remove. Our dog is only free when we can watch him and if we catch him having an accident we say no and take him outside and then clean the spot immediately with paper towells and an order remover. While we are gone at work we keep our dog in an actually people play pen. Then even if he goes in there the smell doesn't soak into the carpet. However, we come home at lunch to let him out so he only has to hold it for 4 hours or so. Hopefully when you get new carpet he won't smell himself in the house anymore and will only relieve himself outside.
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